g>atnt  Clatr  County 


Belleville,  Illinois, .  Published  by  James  Allan  Reid. 


ILLINOIS  HISTORICAL  SURVEY 


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FARM  LANDS. 


Choice  Farms  in  St.  Clair  and  Adjoining 
Counties. 


NO.  201  EAST  MAIN  STREET,  BELLEVILLE. 

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THE  GREATER 
BELLEVILLE 


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ILLUSTRATED 

SEQUEL    TO 

"BELLEVILLE,    ILLINOIS,  ILLUSTRATED' 


Published  by  J.  A.  REID,  Book  Maker 

SAINT  LOUIS,  MISSOURI,  AND  BELLEVILLE,  ILLINOIS. 

1910 

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FRED.  J.  KERN, 

MAYOR. 


THE  BOARD  OF  ALDERMEN. 

Top  Line--).  P.  Sriehl,  Heironimu.  Mauterer,  Jame,  Taylor.  Conrad  Schildroth,  Henry  Adler. 

Centre  Line-Fred.  A.  Hartnagel.  Joseph  L.  Herrmann.  Loui.  G.  Wetelau.  Fred.  Winter, 
r  Line- Walter  Neibit.  William  S.  Campbell.  Christ.  Knebelkamp.  Philip  Geminn.  Thomas  Fi. 


THE  GENERAL  OFFICERS. 

L.  L.  Harper.  City  Engineer.  Frank  R.  Di^es,  Fire  Chief.  William  H.  Snyder.  City  Attorney.  August  H.  Bauer.  Corporati, 
•a,  G.  H.  Bdneke.  City  Clerk.  John  V.  Br.uch.  Superintendent  of  Streets,  William  Nebgen.  Chief  of  Police. 


This  a  One  of  the  Fi, 


ST.   CLA1R   COUNTY   COURT   HOUSE. 

South  Side  of  The  Public  Square. 


Court  Houses  in  the  State.    The  Front  Was  Built  About  I860,  an  Addition  Made  in   1891 
ery  Large  Addition  in  1910.     It  is  Headquarters  For  All  the  County  Officers. 


The  Circuit  Court,  the  County  Court  and  the  Probate  Court  Each  Have  Fine  Rooms  Within  Its  Walls. 


THE   CITY   HALL,    BELLEVILLE. 

South  Illinois  Street. 


The  Mayor,  the  City  Clerk,  the  Treasurer 
The  Board  ol  Aldermen  H 


,  the  Chief  ol  Police,  and  the  City  Engineer  Have  Offices  i 
This  Buildins. 


Fine  Chamber  Here  For  Their  Meetinss. 


HE  dream  of  the  visionary  of  the  past,  the 
battle-cry  of  the  progressive  enthusiast  of 
yesterday,  the  realization  even  of  the  con- 
servative of  today,  this  is  the  theme  of  our 
story. 

A  wonderful  theme  indeed.  Prosaic  it  may  seem  to  the 
idealist  delving  in  the  musty  past,  and  whose  imagination 
clothes  with  the  imagery  of  fancy  the  deeds  of  men  gone 

by. 

But  the  heroic  is  found  today.  The  achievement  of 
mind  over  matter,  the  bursting  asunder  of  bonds  of  con- 
servative prejudice,  the  awakening  of  a  people  to  the 
demands  of  progress,  the  onward  march  of  a  conquering 
municipality,  even  though  all  be  tinged  with  the  com- 
mercialism of  our  day,  is  as  worthy  of  record  as  any  deeds 
heroic  of  the  days  of  long  ago. 

Belleville  of  the  Forties  and  Belleville  of  today  would  form  the  basis  of  an  in- 
teresting comparison.  To  Charles  Dickens  Belleville  of  the  Forties  presented  a 
"  small  collection  of  wooden  houses,  huddled  together  in  the  very  heart  of  bush 
and  swamp,  its  main  street  a  forest  path  nearly  knee  deep  in  mud  and  slime." 

Greater  Belleville,  could  the  spirit  of  the  departed  English  chronicler  again  re- 
visit the  scenes  of  his  "  American  Notes,"  would  be  found  to  be  a  thriving  metrop- 
olis of  thirty  thousand  souls,  of  solid  structures,  paved  streets,  pulsating  with  the 
energies  of  the  very  highest  of  American  progress  and  endeavors. 

What  a  commentary  on  the  fallibility  of  human  judgment,  especially  when 


GEORGE  B.  ROGERS, 

President 


BELLEVILLE 
COMMERCIAL  CLUB. 


A  GLIMPSE  OF  THE  WORKS  OF   THE  AMERICAN  BOTTLING  COMPANY. 

This  is  One  of  The  Most  Important  Industries  of  The  City  of  Belleville,  Employinn  Over  One  Thousand  Men  and  Boys. 

Its  Smoke-Stacks  and  Chimneys  Are  Very  Noticeable  Objects  of  Interest  to  The  Visitor  Just  Entering 

The  Populous  Sections  of  The  City  Over  The  Suburban  Tracks. 


EAST  MAIN  STREET  FROM  THE  PUBLIC  SQUARE. 

ThU  Section  of  One  of  The  Principal  Husinrss  Thoroughfare,  of  The  City  i.  Headquarter,  for  Many  of  The  Leading 

Department  Store..  The  Belleville  Savings  Bank. 
The  Jeweler..  Clothier..  Grocer,.  Real   Ea.te  Dealer..  Druggist..  Milliner..  &c. 

untrammeled  by  the  prejudices  begotten  of  centuries  of  Old  World  conservatism. 
The  Great  American  Bottom,  with  its  alluvial  deposits  vicing  in  richness  with  that 
of  the  Nile,  to  Dickens  was  but  "  an  ill-favored  black  hollow,"  "  an  unbroken 
slough  of  mud  and  water  "  with  "  a  deadly  atmosphere  "  that  rendered  habitation 
well  nigh  impossible,  while  the  great  prairies  that  environed  the  western  village 
were  but  the  same  "desolate  kind  of  waste." 

For  it  was  this  very  "slough  of  mud  and  water,"  and  more  especially  the  small 
"  desolate  kind  of  waste  "  that  made  it  possible  for  the  pioneer  spirits  to  lay  the 
foundation  for  an  evolution  of  this  "  small  collection  of  wooden  houses  huddled 


I 


—  3*1 


together  in  the  very  heart  of  brush 
and  sage  "  into  the  Greater  Belleville 
of  today. 

Our  theme  is  not  the  yesterday, 
but  the  today.  Yet  today's  triumphs 
are  but  the  fruitage  of  yesterday's 
sacrifices.  Would  we  find  the  "why" 
of  the  "  what "  of  today  we  must 
search  for  it  in  the  yesterday.  What 
to  the  novelist  were  scenes  of  discour- 
agement and  depression,  to  the  far- 
seeing  pioneer  opened  as  vistas  of 
brightest  promise.  Disguised  in  the 
"  swamp  and  brush  "  Ceres  had  hid- 
den riches  untold,  the  development 
of  which  at- 
tracted to 
early  Belle- 
ville  the 
choicest 
spirits  from 
far  and  near 
And  it  was 
to  these  the 
triumphs  of 
the  Greater 
Belleville  of 
today  are 
trac  e  a(b  1  e. 
Environ- 
ment  may  be  the  potter  moulding 
and  fashioning  the  plastic  material 
of  mankind,  but  the  value  of  the 
finished  product  depends  upon  the 
character  of  the  material.  America 
is  great  today  not  simply  because  of 
its  wonderful  natural  advantages,  but 
rather  because  of  its  men.  And  these 
are  great  because  upon  the  parent 
stem  of  Plymouth  Rock  the  choicest 
twigs  of  different  mould  and  vintage 
have  been  grafted;  and  in  the  blood 
of  the  progressive  American  flows 
commingled  the  very  choicest  streams 
of  blood  of  all  the  nations  of  the 
earth. 

PAGE    EIGHT 


GEORGE    H.    BUSIEK. 

Superintendent  of  Schools. 
The  Public  School  System  of  Belleville  Ra 
With  The  Highest  In  The  Stale. 


EAST  MAIN  STREET,  LOOKING  TOWARDS  THE  PUBLIC  SQUARE. 

The  Main  Avenues  of  The  Gly  of  Belleville  Were  Mostly  Laid  Out  on  a  Liberal  Basis,  and  The  Main  Street.  Running  East  and 
West,  is  a  Broad.  Well-Paved  Thoroughfare  Centreing  at  The  Public  Square. 

This  is  especially  true  of  Belleville,  and  the  success  of  Greater  Belleville  is  but 
the  fruitage  of  the  commingling  of  the  choicest  fruitage  of  our  own  land,  Sturdy 


New  Eng- 
land with 
Cavalier 
Virgini  an, 
as  well  a  s 
those  of 
France  and 
Germ  any. 
Here  found 
they  the 
Land  of 
Promise, 
the  Mecca 
of  their  fon- 
dest hopes 
and  antici 
pat  ions. 
What  to  the 
eyes  of  the 
possessions  : 


HOME. 

attest  to  the  healthfulness  of  the 


great  Eng- 
1  i  s  h  m  a  n 
was  hidden 
to  them  was 
rev  e  a  1  e  d  , 
the  wonder- 
ful riches  of 
the  future 
region 
of  which 
Belleville 
was  the 
centre.  En- 
tering upon 
the  land  of 
promise 
they  found 
the  richest 
of  human 
And  today,  after  long  stretches  of  years,  many  still  live  to 


THE  NEW  RAAB  SCHOOL  BUILDING. 


A  Fine.  Modern  Structure.  Located  on  One  of  The  Moil  Delightful.  Elevated  Spots  in  The 
West  End  Section  of  The  City  of  Belleville,  at  Union  Avenue 


deadly  atmosphere  "  of  Dickens,  and  to  the 


EAST  MAIN  STREET,  LOOKING  WEST  TOWARDS  "THE  SQUARE." 

"Romeiser's,"   "  Feuss-FischerV    "Horn's,"    "  SaengerV   "KrebV  "  Puderer's,"  "  Knapp  Bros.  V'   and  Many  of  The  Leading 
RetaUers  and  Business  People  Are  Located  Along  This  Section  of  The  Street. 

economic  value  of  the  "  ill-favored  sloughs  "  and  "  desolate  kinds  of  waste." 

And  there  were  "  giants  in  those  days."  Along  side  of  the  hardy  pioneer  blaz- 
ing his  way  through  the  trackless  prairies  we  find  the  cultured  products  of  Euro- 
pean universities.  As  a 
result  Belleville  from  its 
earliest  days  was  noted 
for  its  educational  and 
cultural  advantages.  For 
these  men  recognized  that 
"man  c  a  nnot  live  by 
bread  alone,"  and  whilst 
delving  and  toiling  found 
time  for  the  development 
of  the  higher  amenities 
of  life,  leaving  to  their 
descendants  an  inherent 
love  for  culture  and  for 
music  that  at  times 
seemed  to  impede  the  on- 
ward march  toward  great- 
ness, but  which  in  reality 
has  made  it  possible  for 
Greater  Belleville  to  be- 


THE  BELL  TELEPHONE  BUILDING,  NORTH  ILLINOIS  STREET. 


Belleville  Demands  The  Best  Service  In  Every  Department  Of  Human   Endeavor  and  Intends  ' 
Have  The  Best.     The  Spirit  Of  Progress  Is  Evident  In   All   Lines. 


THE  CENTRAL  HIGH  SCHOOL. 
SOUTH  ILLINOIS  STREET. 

ion  Room;.  Beside  The  Assembly  Hall  and 


come  greater  economically  without  the  loss 
of  the  love  for  the  higher  things  that  alone 
make  a  people  truly  great. 

Long  before  the  little  red  school  house 
dotted  the 
land  Belleville 
provided  f  o  r 
the  education 
of  its  youth. 
And  with  the 
earliest  pion- 
eer was  the 
schoolmaster 
of  that  day. 
But  with  the 
advent  of  the 
German  ele- 
ment c  ame 
the  real  foun- 
dation of  the 

ADAM    KARR,  Splendid     edu- 

Former  President  of  The  Belleville  Commercial  Club.  Catioll    faC  i  1  j- 


BRIDGE  OVER  THE  R1CHLAND  CREEK. 


t  Granitoid  Structures  of  the  Kind  Buill  in  the 
United  States. 


ties  of  today.  For  the  real  elemental 
sources  of  strength  in  the  educational  life 
of  today  were  found  in  Belleville  from  the 
very  earliest  times.  Steadily  has  the  school 
life  been  builded  upon  these  foundations 
deep  and  strong.  The  truths  taught  by 
Froebel  and  the  great  educational  leaders 
were  incorporated  in  the  public  school  sys- 
tem by  the  Bunsens  and  Raabs  years  before 
the  general  educational  world  realized  their 
scientific  value.  Avoiding  frills  and  foibles, 
with  the  steadiness  naturally  to  be  expected 
from  the  Teutonic  strain  so  prominent  in 
Belleville's  life,  the  public  school  system  has 
grown,  affording  at  all  times  to  every  child 
the  opportunity  of  an  education  in  the  es- 
sentials that  make  life  and  character.  School 


NEW   BRIDGE  AT  CENTREVIL1.E  AVENUE. 


Approach  to  this  Recently 
Thoroughfare. 


NORTH  ILLINOIS  STREET  FROM  THE  PUBLIC  SQUARE. 

Another  of  the  Main  Arteries.     The  First  National  Bank  Building,  on  the  Left.  I.  An-Up-To-Date  Modem  Edifice. 
Club  Occupies  the  Upper  Floor  as  its  Quarters. 

houses  built  for  comfort  and  use  have  been  provided  as  the  needs  grew. 
Greater  Belleville  today  has  ten  commodious  public  schoolhouses,  a  very  fine  struc- 
ture having  been  erected  within  the  last  two  years,  and  plans  being  under  way  for 


others.  A  corps  of  seventy- 
five  teachers  is  employed, 
the  schools  running  for  ten 
months  each  year.  The  en- 
rollment runs  over  three 
thousand. 

All  this  pertains  to  public- 
schools  alone.  In  addition 
to  these  the  Catholics  main- 
tain their  parochial  schools 
and  the  Luthera  n  s  one, 
these  providing  for  over  fif- 


JOSEPH    FUESS. 

Late  President  First  National   Bank. 


As  might  naturally  be  ex- 
pected Belleville  is  and  al 
ways  has  been  a  musical  cen- 
tre, with  flourishing  societies 
cultivating  both  vocal  and 
instrumental  music.  Of  the 
latter  the  Philharmonic  So- 
ciety, an  orchestral  organi- 
zation, occupies  a  high  rank 
amongst  these  organizations 
of  our  land.  It  ante-dates 
most  of  these,  having  lately 
rendered  its  two  hundred 


teen  hundred  more. 

and  third  concert.     Amongst  the  vocal  organizations  are  the  Liederkran/,  Kroan- 

thal-Liedertaffel,   Choral   Symphony,   and  the  West  Belleville   Harmonic.     The 


indebted  not  only  for 
much  of  its  musical  life, 
but  for  years  to  the  main- 
tenance of  the  higher  lit- 
erary culture.  For  years 
it  kept  up  a  Library 
which  became  the  nu- 
cleus for  THE  BELLEVILLE 
PUBLIC  LIBRARY,  an  insti- 
tution of  which  the  city 
may  well  be  proud. 
Housed  in  a  commodious 


JACKSON  STREET  FIRE  STATION. 

The  Rre  Department  of  Belleville  U  Modern  in  Every  Respect.     ThU  Station  Has  a  Permanent  Force 

of  Fiie  Fighters  and  is  Equipped  with  an  Engine.  Hose  Reel  and  Udder  Truck.     Drills  Take 

Place  Daily  at  the  Noon  Hour  and  at  Seven  O'Clock  in  the  Evening. 

are  products  of  the  recent  Greater  Belleville  years, 
while  the  former  are  direct  descendants  of  organiza- 
tions that  kept  alive  the  Germanic  spirit  of  song  from 
the  earliest  days  of  the  settlement.  Chief  of  these  was 
The  Saengerbund,  an  organization  to  which  the  city  is 


GOLD  STREET  FIRE  STATION. 


This  West  End  Station  is  Similarly  Equipped  to  the  Jackson  Street  Station.     The  Men  Are 
Employed  Permanently  and  Devote  All  Their  Service  to  the  Gty. 


THE  MONUMENT  AT    WALNUT  HILL 

TO  THE  MEMORY  OF  THE  LATE 

FIRE   CHIEF  FRED.  B.  PHILLIPS. 

structure,  erected  by  the 
citizens  of  Belleville  long 
before  the  Carnagie  libra- 
ries dotted  the  country, 
this  library  ranks 
high  amongst  the  libra- 
ries of  the  country,  serv- 
ing not  only  as  a  fitting 
monument  to  those  who, 
midst  the  pressing  duties 
of  early  pioneer  life  kept 
alive  the  germs  of  intel- 
lectual culture,  but  in  its 


ST.    PETER'S    CATHEDRAL,    BELLEVILLE. 

With  Residence  of  Bishop  Janssen  on  the  Lett. 


This  Magnificent  Structure  Has  For  Years  Been  the  Centre  of  Catholic  Interest,  Not  Only  For  Belleville,  But 
For  the  Whole  of 


present  state  a  living  testimonial  to  the  fact  that  Greater  Belleville  of  today  is  a 
worthy  descendant  of  the  intellectual  spirit  of  the  fathers.  On  its  shelves  is 
found  a  well  selected,  popular  Library  of  more  than  25,000  volumes ;  not  pop- 
ular in  the  sense  of  modern  popularity,  the  rush  for  the  ephemeral  foam  that 
floats  on  the  crest  of  true  literary  waves,  but  popular  inasmuch  as  it  supplies  all 
classes  with  the  very  best  of  modern  as  well  as  ancient  literature,  the  Library 
having  helped  much  to  develop  a  taste  for  the  eternals.  With  the  development 
of  the  intellectual  and  cultural  Belleville  has  not  overlooked  the  religious. 


HGE    FIFTEEf 


PAGE     SIXTEEN 


To  the  casual  observei%  accustomed  to  consider  the  religious  as  synonymous  with 
the  emotions,  and  to  look  for  its  fruitage  only  in  certain  customs  indigenous  to 
American  soil,  the  religious  development  may  seem  to  have  lingered  in  compari- 


son with  the  culture 
progress  already  refer- 
redto.  But,  upon 
deeper  study,  under- 
neath the  calm,  philo- 
sophical surface  there 
will  be  found  the  sub- 
stratum of  a  true  re- 
ligious heart  culture 
emphasizing  the  "  do- 
i  11  g  the  work  of  the 
Father."  Belleville  is 
known  for  its  benevo- 
lence. In  no  city  is 
the  brotherhood  of 
man  more  truly  exem- 
plified. The  needs  of 


Rt.  Rev.  JOHN  JANSSEN. 
Bishop  of  the  Belleville  Dlocew. 


other  communities  in 
calamity  here  have  al- 
ways touched  a  respon- 
sivechord,  and  her 
treasures  were  poured 
forth  with  a  lavish 
hand  to  sue  cor  the 
needy  in  the  hour  of 
disaster. 

The  seat  of  the  Belle- 
ville Diocese,  Catholo- 
cism  flourishes  with  a 
host  of  adherents.  Its 
stately  Cathedral  and 
other  churches  furnish 
homes  for  thousands  of 
its  members,  whilst  its 


orphanages  and  hospitals  minister  to  the  afflicted  in  the  name  of  Him  whose  cross 
they  adore.  Protestanism  in  all  of  its  various  denominations  is  also  strongly  rep- 
resented, and  has  made  its  impress  felt  on  the  city  since  its  earliest  inception. 

The  earliest 

Protestant 

churches  of  the 

West    were 

planted  in    its 

n  e  i  g  hborhood, 

and  the  leaders 

have  ever    been 

forward  in  t  h  e 

religious  life  of 

the  city   and 

State. 

The  public- 
press  of  a  city  is 

a   barometer  of 

i  t  s  intellectual, 

civic,  comm  e  r  -  Louis  and  the  mighty  met- 

cial,   and   social  r  op  o  lit  an  presses  hourly 

life.      Belleville  pour  their  editions  into  its 

lies  within  a  few  borders.    But  notwithstand- 

miles  of  S  a  int  ing  this,  the  public  press  of 
this'thriving  city  nourishes  and  reveals,  as  no  one  other  thing,  the  remarkable  vi- 
tality, progress,  and  energy,  civic,  industrial,  commercially,  and  socially  of  the 

PAGE  EIGHTEEN 


REV.  FATHER  GOUGH. 
St.  Luke's  Church. 


REV.  FATHER  SCHLARMANN. 
St.  Peter'.  Cathedral. 


BELLEVILLE  SAVINGS  BANK.   BELLEVILLE.  ILLINOIS. 

CAPITAL,  SURPLUS  AND  PROFITS.  $500,000. 
Prnidtni,  L.  D.  TURNER.         Vi«-Pr«od«,t,  PETER  J.  KAERCHER. 

DIRECTORS : 
n.  P.  J.  Kaerchw.  A.  F.  Miller.  LouU  Opp.  A 

Richard  W.n«<Jin.  Jam«  A.   Willoughby. 


Edward  Abend.  B.  Hart. 


Cashier.  RICHARD  WANGELIN. 
Smiky.   L.  D.  Tum«, 


PAGE    TWENTY 


PAGE    TWE 


HOME  OF  THE  BELLEVILLE  BANK  AND  TRUST  COMPANY, 

PUBLIC  SQUARE. 

CAPITAL.  $150.000.00. 

ED.  M.  IRW1N.    President.  NIC   WULLER.    Cashier.  THOMAS   MAY,    AMst.nl   Cashier. 

DIRECTORS. 
Jos.   Flach.  C.  A.  Monk.   Adam  Karr.  Wm.   Eclchardt,  Jr.,  Theodore  Karr.  Peter  Haupl.  Ed.  M.  Irwin,   Fred.   En«elke. 

Aus.   Barthel,  Jos.  B.  Reis,  Jacob  Becherer,   Nic  Wuller,   Philip  Knapp.  Ch...  Spoennemann. 
TY-ONE 


A  MILLER  AT  HIS  ROLL  STAND. 

A  Characteristic  Interior  View  in  the  Rauch  Mill.  South  Illinois  Street 


Packina  "Security"  Flour 


EPWORTH  M.  E.  CHURCH, 
Dewey  Station. 


REV.  O.  F.  PESSELL, 
St.  Paul's  Free  Protestant  Church. 


CHRIST  CHURCH. 

North  West  Street,  Between  Main  and  A. 


municip  ality . 
Five  daily  papers, 
three  English  and 
two  German,  flour- 
ish in  the  city,  and 
in  the  great  evolu- 
tion we  are  chron- 
ic  1  i  ng  herein, 
they  have  stood 
shoulder  to  shoul- 
der, inciting  and 
encouraging  the 
onward  move- 
ments ;  and  to 
their  efforts  the 
success  attained  is 
largely  due. 

Belleville  was 
always  known  as  a 
City  of  Homes. 
Its  residences,  solid 
and  substantial,  in 
years  pa  s  t ,  h  o  w  - 
ever,  appealed  but 
little  to  the  outside 
observer.  In  no 
respect  has  the  city 
changed  more,  per- 
haps, than  in  this, 
and  the  stranger 
within  its  gates  to- 
day is  most  forci- 
bly impressed  with 
the  residential  dis- 
tricts  and  the 
many  b  e  a  utiful 
homes  scattered 
t  h  r  o  u  g  hout  the 
city.  For,  with 
true  democracy, 
this  City  of  Homes 
boasts  of  no  one 
section  where 
wealth  has  gath- 
ered its  palatial 


GERMAN  METHODIST  CHURCH, 
South  Jackson  Street. 


REV.  MR.  SCHNATHORST. 
Christ  Church. 


PAGE  TWENTY-FOUR 


THE  SWINGS-RECREATION  GROUNDS, 
NEAR  THE  CITY  HALL. 

residences.  But,  turn  where  you  may,  and  you  will  find  these  homes,  for  the  man 
has  loved  to  linger  and  rebuild  where  as  a  child  he  dwelt  at  home.  But  richer  far 
than  these  modern  edifices,  however  beautiful  architecturally  they  may  be,  is  the 
old-fashioned  home  spirit  of  the  city.  For  the  German  family  spirit  yet  reigns 

supreme.     And  this    farming  commu n i t y 

is  not iceable  in  the 
business  and  social  life 
as  in  the  family,  and 
has  developed  the  fra- 
ternal spirit  and  or- 
ganizations for  which 
the  city  is  so  noted. 

While  in  its  earlier 
days  the  city  was 
chiefly  known  as  an 
organization  centre, 
in  which  it  is  now  su- 
preme, the  opening 
up  of  the  rich  deposits 
of  coal  undern  e  a  t  h , 


around  and  about  the 
city  gave  it  a  pre-emi- 
nent  pi  ace  amongst 
the  industrial  centres 
of  the  West. 

As  the  nucleus  of  a 


MONUMENT 
TO  THE  SOLDIERS  AND  SAILORS. 

Walnut  Hill  Cemetery. 
Erected  by  The  Women's  Relief  Corp.  of  Belleville. 


the  manufacturing  en- 
terprises at  first  nat- 
urally centered  in  the 
p  r  o  d  u  c  tion  of  farm 
implements,  the  pres- 
ent Harrison  Machine 
Works,  with  a  contin- 
uous history  of  over 
one-half  a  century, 
being  am ongst  the 
pioneers. 

But  with  the  in- 
creasing development 
of  the  coal  fields  and 
the  attendant  railroad 
facilities,  came  a  re- 
newed  imp etus  to 
manufacturing.  The 
city  soon  gained  recog- 
nition as  a  field  espec- 
ially adapted  to  suc- 


cessful manufacturing  of  all  kinds.     Its  reputation  based  upon  facts  has  steadily 
grown,  and  to-day  we  find  all  branches  flourishing. 

For  Belleville  is  very  fortunately  situated  so  far£as  railroad  facilities  are  con- 


PAGE  TWENTY-SIX 


WEST  MAIN  STREET  AT  WEST  END  SQUARE.   LOOKING  EAST. 
Wat  Belleville  is  Keepinn  Pace  With  All  Other  Sections  of  the  City.     It  U  Growing  Rapidly  and  Claims  its  Share  of  All  the  Honors. 


THE  NATIONAL  HOTEL,  Arthur  Lciner,  Proprietor, 
Public  Square,  Belleville. 


earned.  Three  great  trunk  lines,  the  Southern,  Illinois  Central,  and  the  Louisville 
and  Nashville  furnish  unto  Belleville  an  outlet  to  the  outer  world.  These  are 
interlinked  by  a  belt  line  built  by  the  business  men  of  Belleville  and  donated  to 
the  rail-  ^^_^^—|_^^^^BM1^B^^—^^^^^^^^BI^M  switching 


roads  under 
such  condi- 
tions and 
restrictions 
that  today 
every  indus- 
try on  any 
of  these 
lines  has 
the  advan- 
tage of  ship- 
p  i  n  g  b  oth 
in  and  out 
over  any  of 
the  other 
lines  with- 
o  u  t  the 


THE  LYRIC  THEATRE. 
F.  A.  Hallam,  Proprietor. 


charges.  A 
f  e  w  m  i  1  es 
away  at  the 
banks  of 
the  Missis- 
sippi all  the 
great  trunk 
lines  of  the 
country 
converge, 
and  the  city 
enjoys  this 
basal  rate 
to  all  points 
of  the  couii- 
try .  An 
electric  line 


with  frequent  communication  unites  Belleville  with  the  great  metropolis  of  St. 
Louis,  which  is  but  a  few  miles  away  ;  and  with  many  of  the  surrounding  towns. 
Add  to  these  favorable  transportation  facilities,  the  natural  advantages,  espec- 
ially in  the  line  of  an  abundant  and  cheap  fuel  supply,  together  with  the  char- 
acter of  the  labor  (not  the  refuse  of  European  dregs,  but  of  the  highest  class  intel- 


lectually) ;  and  the  se- 
cret of  the  phenomenal 
manufacturing  success  of 
the  city  is  easily  under- 
stood. 

In  this  respect  Belle- 
ville stands  pre-eminent 
not  only  in  the  character 
of  its  industry  but  in  the 
uniformity  of  the  success 
achieved  by  those  en- 
gaged in  manufacturing 
in  this  thriving  centre. 

We  have  already  al- 
luded to  the  farm  imple- 
ment industry  of  the  city. 


ARTHUR  E.  KREBS. 


In  addition  to  this  there 
are  nail  mills,  brick 
yards,  breweries,  shoe  fac- 
tories, clothing  factories, 
hosiery  mills,  glass  works, 
and  iron  industries  of  all 
kinds,  the  stove  and  range 
works  being  in  an  especial- 
ly flourihsing  condition. 
These  give  employment 
to  laborers,  skilled  and 
u  n  s  k  i  1  led  of  all  kinds, 
numbering  over  5,000, 
with  pay  rolls  aggregat- 
ing $100,000  per  week,and 
coal  mines  as  much  more. 


In  speaking  of  its  industrial  life,  we  must  not,  however,  forget  to  call  attention 
to  this  coal  mining  industry,  which  forms  such  a  prominent  part  in  the  fostering 
and  sustaining  of  the  manufacturing  and  commercial  life  of  the  city,  for  great  as 


PAGE  TWENTY-EIGHT 


THE  PENN  BLOCK. 

Public  Square  and  East  Main  Street. 

is  the  manufacturing  life,  the  coal  industry  yields  nothing  to  it  in  supremacy. 
Turn  in  whatever  direction  we  may,  we  find  the  rich  fields  of  bituminous  coal, 
from  the  earliest  days  these  furnishing  a  support  to  a  large  number  of  citizens  ;  but 
with  the  increase  of  manufacturing  not  only  in  Belleville  but  in  the  great  cities 
that  border  the  mighty  Mississippi,  on  its  either  side,  all  in  close  proximity  to 
Belleville,  coal  mining  has  expanded  into  an  industry  giving  steady,  remunerative 
employment  to  over  five  thousand  men,  and  representing  a  capital  investment 
i*unning  into  the  millions. 


PAGE  TWENTY-NINE 


A  GUMPSE  OF  THE  COUNTY  JAIL, 
With  the  Chain  Ganx  in  View. 


RESIDENCE  OF  P.  FELLNER. 

President  of  The  Fellner-Ratheim  D.  G.  Co 
1  and  2  Windra  PU«. 


PAGE  THIRTY 


RESIDENCE  OF  ADAM  KARR. 


RESIDENCE  OF  NIC  WULLER. 
South  Hieh  Street. 


RESIDENCE  OF  WILLIAM  J.  GLAUS, 
South  Jackson  Street. 


PAGE  THIRTY-FOUR 


RESIDENCE  OF  GEORGE  B.  ROGERS,  President  c 
Pennsylvania  Avenue. 


The  Belleville  Commercial  Club. 


It  is,  therefore,  not  to  be  wondered  at  that  the  mercantile  and  commercial  life 
of  Belleville  is  an  especially  successful  one.  Built  upon  conservative  foundations 
Belleville  business  life  has  been  steadily  progressing.  Panics  have  come  and  panics 
have  gone,  leaving  in  their  wake  the  wreckage  of  business  failures  all  over  the 
country,  but  it  is  the  proud  boast  of  Belleville  that  during  all  of  these  years  not 


RESIDENCE  OF  VICTOR  GAUSS. 
North  High  Street. 


PAGE  THIRTY-SIX 


RESIDENCE  OF  F.  W.  PUDERER. 
Abend  Avenue. 


RESIDENCE  AND  OFFICE  OF  GEORGE  P.  DHL,  CONTRACTOR.  204  PORTLAND  AVENUE. 

Contractor  for  the  Brick  and  Stone  Wort  on  the:e  Modern  Building,  in  Belleville  :  George  C.  Rebhan.  Barthel  HUB.  Fred.  Teufel.  Ben.  Yock. 
MIJ.  John  Rodenmeyei,  Walter  Woods.  Albert  Sprich.  Si.  Paul'.  Church,  Belleville  House. 


PAGE  FORTY 


RESIDENCE  OF  ALDERMAN  FRED.  A.  HARTNAGEL, 
Virgini.  Avcnuc-0.kl.nd  Addition. 


RESIDENCE  OF  ALDERMAN  WILLIAM  S.  CAMPBELL, 
Rock  Ro.d. 


PAGE  FORTY-TWO 


RESIDENCE  OF  ALBERT  SPRICH. 
509  East  B  Street. 

one  serious  business  failure  among  its  mercantile  institutions  has  ever  occurred. 
The  business  houses  of  Belleville  rank  high  in  the  commercial  life  of  the  country, 


and  will  bear  comparison 
with  their  more  pretentious 
competitors  of  the  nearby 
metropolis.  Perhaps  no 
higher  tribute  could  be  paid 
to  them  than  the  fact  that 
although  the  electrical  com- 
munication has  placed  St. 
Louis  at  the  very  doors  of 
the  citizens  of  Belleville  and 
of  those  of  its  contributory 
territory,  the  local  business 
men  have  not  suffered  by 

PAGE  FORTY-THREE 


GEO.  W.  DETHERDING, 

Formerly  Trea.urer  of  the  Belleville 

Commercial  Club. 


the  competition,  but  instead 
have  steadily  grown. 

Perhaps  the  best  barome- 
ter of  the  financial  condition 
of  a  city,  its  business  and 
its  people,  is  its  financial 
institutions.  The  city  has 
three  banks,  rock-ribbed 
Gibraltars.  Two  of  these 
have  stood  for  many  years 
and  never  quivered  under 
any  financial  storm  o  r 
stress.  The  third  is  of  more 


recent  origin,  but  built 
upon  the  same  solid 
foundation  that  char- 
acterizes the  older  in- 
stitution s.  A  brief 
sum  mary  of  their  fi- 
nancial condition  will 
substantiate  the  state- 
ment made  concerning 
them,  and  will  more 
eloquently  than  words, 
bear  living  testimony 
to  the  wonderful  com- 
mercial and  financial 
stability  of  the  city  and 
its  enterprising  citizens. 


RESIDENCE  OF  GEORGE  D.  TUFTS. 
Teacher  and  Composer  of  Music,  Wabash  Avenu 


RESIDENCE  OF  JOHN  BUX, 

North  Richland  Street. 


These  banks  have  a  capital  of  $550,000, 
with  surplus  and  undivided  profits  of  over 
$350,000  more.  The  deposits  amount  to 
over  $4,000,000,  of  which  almost  $2,500,000 
are  time  deposits,  representing  the  thrift  of 
the  careful  people  of  the  city. 

Having  thus  in  passing  sketched  a  few 
salient  features  of  the  city  of  the  past  and 
taken  a  few  glimpses  of 
its  present  development, 
its  intellectual,  social, 
religious  and  economic 
life,  let  us  now  turn  to  a 
brief  view  of  the  civic 
movement  and  the  fruits 


thereof  that  have  truly 
entitled  Belleville  of 
today  to  the  distinction 
of  being  the  Greater 
Belleville. 

For  years  the  city's 
growth  was  steady,  al- 
beit somewhat  plod- 
ding, marked  neither 
by  booms  nor  yet  by 
re-action.  Its  natural 
advantages  many,  it 
grew  because  of  them 
and  despite  the  fact 
that  no  special  effort 
was  made  to  push  it 


RESIDENCE  AND  MANUFACTORY  OF  THE  BAUER  BROTHERS, 
3 1 7  North  Airy  Street. 


PAGE  FORTY-FOUR 


RESIDENCE  OF  G.  D.  KLEMME, 
Portland  Avenue. 


along.  Its  agricultural  resources,  its  coal  deposits,  its  transportation  facilities  in 
themselves  produced  an  expansion  industrially  and  commercially.  This  advance- 
ment being  accepted  as  a  matter  of  course,  no  strenuous  nor  systematic  efforts  were 
put  forth  to  force  the  growth  of  the  city  or  even  to  take  advantage  of  opportunities. 


RESIDENCE  OF  GEORGE  A.  KLOESS. 
West  Main  Street. 


RESIDENCE  OF  JOHN  KREHER. 
North  Hinh  Si,,-,... 


RESIDENCE  OF  JOHN  L,  SAHLNER. 
W«t  Main,  Kirkwood  Station. 


RESIDENCE  OF  MRS.  JOHN  EIMER, 

South  Jackson  Street. 

The  storehouses  of  energy  were  being  filled.  A  giant  strength  was  being  ac- 
cumulated. Flashing  forth  in  spasmodic  efforts  here  and  there  the  pent-up  power 
was  revealed.  The  fullness  of  time,  however,  had  not  yet  come,  but  ever  gather- 
ing was  the  dynamic  force  that  was  to  give  us  Greater  Belleville. 

Organizations  were  brought  into  life,  Greater  Belleville  must  become  Greater 
Belleville.  These  efforts  culminated  in  the  Commercial  Club.  Its  purpose,  the 


PAGE  FORTY-SEVEN 


RESIDENCE  OF  IRVIN  H.  WANGELIN. 

Abend  Avenue. 


PAGE  FORTY-EIGHT 


RESIDENCE  OF  ROBERT  HILL,  SR., 


securing  of  additional  industries,  the  awakening  of  the  city  to  its  opportunities, 
and  the  banding  together  of  its  business  and  professional  men  to  take  advantage 
of  them,  gave  evidence  that  the  seeds  of  progress  sown  through  the  years  were 
germinating.  Like  all  movements  of  this  kind,  the  Commercial  Club  had  at  its 


AGE  FORTY-MNt 


RESIDENCE  OF  FRED.  BRANDENBURGER. 
Second  and  Silver  Street!. 


start  but  a  precarious  exist- 
ence, nursed  along  by  a  few 
choice  spirits,  and  meeting 
with  toleration  rather  than 
approval.  But  it  steadily 
continued  to  press  forward. 
The  three  trunk  lines  that 
passed  throu  g  h  the  city 
connecting  it  with  the  outer 
world  were  linked  together 
by  a  belt  line  built  by  the 
Club.  New  industries  were 
secured.  For  this  purpose 
a  holding  company  was  or- 
ganized by  the  Club  with 
the  citizens  as  stockholders, 
its  objects  being  the  promo- 
tion of  the  industrial  life 
by  the  securing  of  new  in- 
dustries as  well  as  the  de- 
velopment of  those  already 


in  existence,  the  funds  of 
the  holding  company  to  be 
invested  in  the  companies 
as  promoted.  But  not  only 
in  this  line,  but  still  more 
in  civic  lines  were  the  foun- 
dations of  a  Greater  Belle- 
ville laid  by  the  Club.  The 
b  u  1  warks  of  conservatism 
that  for  years  had  withstood 
the  onslaught  of  public 
progress  were  gradually  un- 
d  e  r  m  i  n  e  d  and  the  forces 
train  e  d  for  the  movement 
in  civic  life  to  which  the 
present  Greater  Belleville  is 
largely  due. 

The  movement  grew  rap- 
idly, sweeping  all  before  it 
with  a  force  that  simply 
overwhelmed  all  opposition 


— for  it  was  not  without  a  struggle  that  the  old  order  gave  way  to  the  new. 

For  years  the  old  Belleville  was  noted  for  its  macadamized  streets,  which  were 
far  superior  to  those  of  any  other  western  city  of  its  size.  This  very  fact  stood  in 
the  way  of  its  installation  of  modern  improved  streets.  Many  of  the  streets  not 
good  enough  to  be  acceptable  in  this  day  seemed  to  the  conservative  element  too 


'AGE  FIFTY-ONE 


RESIDENCE  OF  MRS.  CONRAD  REINECKE. 
North  Jackson  Street. 


good  to  be  replaced.  Only  fourteen  and  one-half  blocks  of  streets  were  paved 
with  brick.  Large  sums  were  collected  for  street  improvements  ;  but,  under  the 
old  order  this  money  was  distributed  among  the  wards,  with  the  result  that  no 
permane  n  t 
improve- 
me  n  t  was 
poss  ible. 
Under  the 
new  order 
this  was 
changed. 
Belleville 
today  has 
over  thirty- 
five  miles 
of  paved 
streets,  with 
many  more 
in  process  of 
construe- 
tion,  so  that 

time  pensioners  on  the  public  bounty,  whose  leisurely  application,  if  such  it  might 
be  called,  seemed  typical  of  much  of  the  public  spirit  of  the  city.  To-day  an  ef- 
ficient street  department,  thoroughly  organized  on  business  principles  and  with  all 


RESIDENCE  OF  THEODORE  KARR, 
South  lllinoi.  Street. 


THE  JOSEPH  SAENGER  MERCANTILE  COMPANY, 
105-109  Eait  Main  Street. 


PAGE  FIFTY-TWO 


ii 


THE  NEW  BELLEVILLE  POST  OFFICE, 
North  Spiing  and  A  Street.. 


WEST  MAIN  STREET  AT  WEST  END  SQUARE,  LOOKING  WEST. 

On  .ml  About  thU  Street  .  Number  of  the  Prosressive  Business  Firms  .nd  Profession.!  Men  Centre  :  The  Lorenz  Company.  Neuhaus, 
Dr.  Jacob.,  Kissel,  Stom,  Kuhn.  Wilbrel,  Junck.  and  on  Nearby  Streets  the  Western  Brewery  .nd  the  Eagle  Foundry. 


PAGE  FIFTY-FOUR 


IS 


E  * 
f     : 

= 

1 


HEADQUARTERS  OF  WILLIAM  LCKHARDT,  JR.,  (INC.). 
Leading  Grocers  and  Seed  Merchant,  of  Belleville.  Illinois.     .     .     1 08- 1  1 0  West  Main  Street. 

of  the  modern  tools  and  appliances,  attends  to  this  important  part  of  the  public 
business. 

Amongst  the  first  of  the  public  improvements  the  awakened  civic  conscience 
called  for  was  an  outlet  sewer  system.  Plans  had  been  devised,  but  they  ended  in 
plans,  and  in  the  matter  of  sewage  Belleville  was  far  behind  the  times.  The 
Commercial  Club  had  inaugurated  a  campaign  for  the  construction  of  an  inter- 
secting sewer  system  which  was  to  form  the  basis  for  a  complete  system  for  the 

PAGE  FIFTY-SIX 


HEADQUARTERS  OF  THE  POST-ZEITUNG.  the  Leading  German  Daily, 
South  Illinois  Street. 

city.  Through  the  efforts  of  the  Club  the  question  was  submitted  to  the  people 
by  a  referendum  and  almost  unanimously  carried.  But  still  nothing  was  done. 
The  wishes  of  the  people  expressed  at  the  polls  were  simply  ignored.  Under  the 


new  dispensation  the 
plans  were  revived,  and 
today  the  city  boasts  of  a 
system  miles  upon  miles 
in  length,  with  a  septic 
tank  built  on  the  highest 
modern  scientific  princi- 
ples, the  equal  of  any  in 
the  country. 

Under  the  old  order 
the  city  had  an  old-fash- 
i  o  n  e  d ,  s  e  m  i-volunteer 
makeshift  of  a  fire  de- 
partment. Instead  of 
this  a  metropolitan  de- 
partment was  organized, 
and  so  thorough  is  the 
organization  that  the  loss 
from  this  demon  of  de- 


FRANK  S.  BURNS. 
Former  Secretary  of  the  Retail  Merchant', 


struction  in  Belleville  is 
almost  nominal. 

The  police  department., 
which  formerly  had  been 
used  for  the  purpose  of 
paying  the  small  political 
obligations  of  aldermen, 
was  also  placed  upon  a 
business  foundation,  and 
all  of  the  various  public 
utilities  reorganized  in 
conformity  with  the  most 
improved  of  modern 
plans. 

The  Isolation  Hospital, 
a  larg e,  commodious 
structure,  built  on  a 
beautiful  site,  is  one  of 
the  best  evidences  dem- 


onstrating how  Greater  Belleville  has  matured  and  is  meeting  the  conditions  of 
today.     For  the  city  realized  that  the  old  plan  of  quarantining  the  first  house  in 


PAGE  FIFTY-EIGHT 


THE  BELLEVILLE  NEWS-DEMOCRAT : 

Some  Interesting  Interior  Viewi  of  the  Make-Up 
of  a  Modern  Newipaper  Printing  Office. 

The  Mergenlhaler  Typeirllin,  Machine. 

Sectional  View  of  the  Press  Room. 
The  Ubiquitous  Reporter,  the  Irrepressible  News': oy,  and  the  Salts  and  Advertising  Man. 


THE  KARR  SUPPLY  COMPANY. 

Enginten  and  Contractor,  for  Hot  Water  and  Steam  Heating,  Plumbing,  Sewering.  CM  Fitting. 
Weil  Main  Street.  Belleville.  Illinois. 


lEO.  W.  STANLEY  NAIL  WORKS 
Grand  Avenue. 


THE  MODERN  MACHINE  COMPANY, 
L.  &  N.  R.  R.,  Between  Main  Street  and  Grand  Avenue. 


THE  OAKLAND  FOUNDRY  COMPANY. 

Grand  Avenue.  East  of  the  L.  &  N.  Tracks. 
Specialty :     General  lobbing  of  Grey  Iron  and  Stove  Piale.     Employ:  35  to  50  Men. 


PAGE  SIXTY -TWO 


r 


SECTION  OF  THE  PLANT  OF  HARTMANN,  HAY  8c  REIS, 

Manufacturer:  of  Iron  and  Steel  Cut  Nails.  Nail  and  Tack  Plate.     Annual  Production,  200.000  Keg:. 
Employs  200  Men. 

which  disease  had  gained  a  foothold  was  but  a  makeshift  in  case  of  epidemic.  By 
means  of  this  hospital  it  stamped  out  a  serious  epidemic,  and  now  stands  ever 
ready  to  throttle  the  foe  on  its  first  appearance. 

Along  the  lines  of  water  supply  the  city  has  made  great  progress.  Originally 
it  was  supplied  from  lakes  gathered  from  the  surface  water  that  flowed  through 
the  country  surrounding.  In  times  of  draught,  however,  these  proved  totally  in- 
sufficient, and  deep  wells  were  sunk  striking  a  flowing  stream  of  the  very  purest 


THE  QUALITY  STOVE  AND  RANGE  COMPANY. 

Hidh  Grade  Steel  Range,  and  Healert. 
Grand  Avenue.  Near  Track,  of  the  Louisville  &  Nashville  Railroad,  Belleville.  Illinois. 


PAGE  SIXTY-FOUR 


THE  IMBS  MILLING  COMPANY'S  FLOUR  MILL. 

Wot  Main  Street. 


UPPER  EAST  MAIN  STREET,  BELLEVILLE, 
Looking  Towards  the  Pl.nt  of  the  Belleville  Shoe  Company  and  the  New  Hosirry  Mill. 


PAGE  SIXTY-SIX 


THE  HIGHLAND  MILLING  COMPANY'S  MILL, 
North  Richland  Street. 


HENRY  SCHOPP.  CONTRACTOR  AND  BUILDER, 
804  E«l  Seventh  Street. 


PAGE  SIXTY-EIGHT 


RESIDENCE  AND  MANUFACTORY  OF  F.  J.  LOUIS, 

Patentee  and  Manufacturer  of  the  Contracting  and  Expanding  Water  Cut-Off. 

619.  621,  623,  625  East  Main  Street,  Belleville.  Illinois. 


water,  and  furnishing  an  abundance  for  the  city's  needs  ;  but  looking  forward  to 
the  future  it  was  deemed  wise  to  secure  an  additional  supply,  and  additional  wells 
were  sunk  at  the  foot  of  the  Bluffs  lying  at  the  western  limits  of  the  city,  and  a 
supply  secured  which  will  meet  the  needs  of  the  city  for  years  to  come.  This  lat- 


THE  GUNDLACH  DRILL  WORKS, 

P.  M.  Gundlach's  Sons.  Proprietors. 
Manufacturers  of  the  Renowned  Cundlach  Drills.     First  Patented  in  1 857,  and  Always  Kept  Up  to  Date. 

Employs  35  to  50  Men. 

Bauer  Brothers  Foundry  Company  Occupy  a  Portion  ot  the  Building 
for  the  Manufacture  of  Fine  Grey  Iron  Castings. 


PAGE  SEVENTY 


ft  I 


PLANT  OF  THE  MITCHELL-PARKS  MANUFACTURING  COMPANY, 
West  Main  Street,  Tracks  of  the  Illinois  Central  Railroad. 

ter  plan  is  but  preliminary  to  the  extension  of  the  mains  to  the  Mississippi  River 
now  in  course  of  construction,  and  in  the  immediate  future  the  city  will  be  sup- 
plied with  water  from  deep  wells  and  from  the  Father  of  Waters,  giving  an  un- 
limited supply  for  every  purpose. 

For  almost  decades  this  city  had  remained  cooped  up  within  the  narrow  limits 
of  the  fathers.  Here  and  there  the  overflow  added  a  little  territory  and  popu- 
lation. To  the  enterprising  suburbanite  the  staid  city,  apparently  well  satisfied 
to  let  well  enough  alone,  appealed  but  little.  But  with  the  new  civic  life  was  born 
the  naturally  resultant  spirit  of  Anglo-Saxon  expansion.  The  interurban  lines 


opened  up  a 
large  terri- 
tory of  choic- 
est  residence 
p  r  o  p  e  r  t  y  , 
soo  n  dotted 
over  with  the 
homes  of  en- 
terprising cit- 
izens.  To 
these  th  e 
newer,  or  the 


COAL  MINE  OF  FRANK  SARGENT, 
Mwcoutar,  Avenue.  Near  City  Limits. 


Greater  Belle- 
ville,  appeal- 
ed, and  they 
clamored  for 
admission  into 
the  city.  And 
as  the  mother 
gathered  these 
children  into 
the  fold  she 
spread  the  ex- 
p  a  n  d  in  g 


wings  of  her  public  utilities  until  today  the  City  of  Yesterday,  with  its  three 
square  miles  of  territory,  has  grown  to  more  than  six,  and  the  fifteen  thousand  of 
inhabitants  to  more  than  thirty,  and  over  all  this  territory  and  to  all  these 
people  every  advantage  of  the  modern  life  has  been  carried.  And  if  a  Rip  Van 
Winkle  should  waken  out  of  a  five  years'  nap  he  would  not  recognize  the  city 
either  in  its  material  aspect,  or  still  less  in  that  which  alone  can  build  a  city, 


PAGE  SEVENTY-SIX 


SECTION  OF  THE  ENGINE  ROOM. 


SECTION  OF  THE  BOILER  ROOM. 
THE  BELLEVILLE  DEEP  WATER  COMPANY'S  PLANT  AT  EDGEMONT. 

Furnishes  Belleville  with  an  Unlimited  Supply  of  Water  for  All  Purposes. 


PAGE  SEVENTY-SEVEN 


BELLEVILLE  CITY  HOSPITAL, 
Smiihlon  Road. 


Has  Private  Gas  and  Steam  Healing  Plant  and  the  City  Deep-Well  Hydrant 


its  civic  spirit.  GREATER  BELLEVILLE  is  greater  in  every  respect  and  from  every 
standpoint.  For  its  growth  as  indicated  herein  it  is  entitled  to  highest  praise  and 
recognition.  But  today  is  only  a  harbinger  of  the  even  greater  tomorrow.  For 
all  the  work  of  the  latter  years  was  really  only  foundational,  the  growth  merely 


HEADQUARTERS  OF  L.  WOLFORT  &  COMPANY. 

North  Jackion  Street. 
Horse,  and  Mules  for  All  Purposes. Established  in  1869. 


incidental.     In  its  reorganized  municipal  life  and  public  work,  in  the  civic  organi- 
zation and  awakened  spirit  the  city  stands  among  the  foremost  of  today.     Bound 


PAGE  SEVENTY- EIGHT 


HEADQUARTERS  OF  FRANK  C.  BUX. 
Undertaker  and  Funeral  Director, 
-       First  and  High  Street! 

down  for  years  by  the  bonds  of  lethargy  and  prejudice,  like  Gulliver  of  old,  it 
was  the  target  for  many  of  the  irritating  darts  of  the  Lilliputians  around  and 
about  it.  But  GREATER  BELLEVILLE  has  burst  her  bonds,  and  stands  today 
with  the  consciousness  of  its  giant's  strength,  and  is  now  entering  upon  an  era 
that  will  from  decade  to  decade  make  it  ever  a  GREATER  BELLEVILLE. 


THE  GLENDALE  COAL  MINE  NUMBER  ONE. 

Capacity,  700  Ton.  a  Day. 
L.  «;  N.  Railroad  Tracks.     Owned  and  Operated  by  Peter  Brandenburger. 


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DEMONSTRATION  DEPARTMENT  ST.  CLA1R  COUNTY  GAS  AND  ELECTRIC  COMPANY 
93  North  III 


OFFICES  ST.  CLAIR  COUNTY  GAS  AND  ELECTRIC  COMPANY. 
93   North  Illinois  Street. 


„    1 

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THE  DRY  GOODS.  LADIES'  READY-TO-WEAR  GOODS.  AND  CARPET  STORE  OF 
FUESS.  FISCHER  «c  COMPANY. 


110-112  But  M.in  Street.  Belleville. 


<    Q 

111 

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EMIL  GEIL,  Prudent. 


BELLEVILLE  HOSIERY  MILLS. 

PAUL  F.  VOCEL,  Vice-President  and  Manager.  GEO.  K.  ANDEL,  Secretary  and  TK 

Manufacturer,  of  Men's  Fine  Gauge  Mercerized  Hose, 
605  lo  61  7  East  Main  Street,  Belleville,  Illinois. 


LENGFELDER  STOVE  AND  HARDWARE  COMPANY. 

41*3.  415.  501    East  Main  Street,  Belleville,  Illinois. 
One  of  the  Oldest  and  Leading  Business  House,  of  Its  Kind. 


Hi  : 

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B    Ti'S    • 


RESIDENCE  OF  WILLIAM  A.  TWENHOEFEL, 
President  of  The  Twenhoefel  Company, 

Real  Estate. 
900  South  Church  Street. 


RESIDENCE  OF  E.  W.  TWENHOEFEL, 

Secretary  and  Treaiurer  of   The  Twenhoefel  Compa 

Rral  Estate, 


RESIDENCE  OF  R.  E.  DUVALL, 


RESIDENCE  OF  EMIL  CEIL. 
Portland  Avenue. 


RESIDENCE  OF  W.  J   REICHERT. 

Corner  Eiehth  and  Church  Strrrts. 


PLANT  OF  THE  REICHERT  MILLING  COMPANY. 

The   Home  of  White  Rc.e    Flour. 

W.  ].  REICHERT,  -  -  -  PRESIDENT. 


RESIDENCE  OF  J.  C.  JACOBS, 
3 1  7  Lebanon  Avenue. 


RESIDENCE  OF  HENRY  BIEN, 

With  the  Plant  of  Messrs.  Bien  &  Peten,  Lincoln  Street,  Near  the  Tracks 
of  the  Illinois  Cenlral  Railroad. 


RESIDENCE  OF  EDWARD  LEOPOLD, 

421   South  Jackson  Si  ml. 


\PARTMENT  HOUSE  AND  RESIDENCE  OF  P.  J.  RALPH. 

PortUod  Avenue  and  Olive  Street. 
With   Plumbing  E.t.blistmer.l  to  the  Left  in  the  Distance. 


RESIDENCE  OF  T.  C.  T1SCH, 


RESIDENCE  OF  EDWARD  N.  JOSEPH. 
Wab.,h  Avenue. 


BELLEVILLE  CHAPTER  HOUSE  AMERICAN  WOMAN'S  LEAGUE, 
Sautcr  Heighli,  West  Main  Stint.- -Rock  Road. 

Mrs.  Carrie  Alexander  Bahrenburg.  President.        Mrs.  C.  A.  Highfield,  Vice-President.         Mrs.  Henrietta  M.  Herman.  Tr< 
Miss  Johanna  T.  Lorey,  Secretary. 


RESIDENCE  OF  HUBERT  HARTMANN. 
E«t  Fint  Street. 


Former  Re«dence  of  JOHN  BRANCH.  North  Illinois  Street. 


EBSEN'S  SWIMMING  SCHOOL. 
Lebanon  Avenue. 

Ill  Attractions  to  be  Enlarged  and  Enhanced  in  Nineteen  Hundred  and  Eleven 


SECTION  OF  THE  PLANT  OF  THE  STANDARD  BRICK  COMPANY, 

Smithton  Road  and  Illinoii  Central  Railroad. 

One  of  the  Large.!  Manufacturer,  of  All  Grade,  of  Building  Brick  in  Illinois,  and  Has  a  Capacity  for  Producing  1 2.000.000. 

President.  Charles  H.  Slarkel.     Secretary  and  Trea.urer.  William  Schmidt. 

General  Manager.  L.  H.  AUip. 


GREATER  BELLEVILLE. 


(dtfrtt 


The 

Commercial 
Club. 

President. 
GEO.  B.  M.  ROGERS. 

Vice-Presidenl. 
J.  M.  RAUCH. 

Tre. 
EM1L  J.  KOHL. 


GEO.  W.  STANLEY. 
President  Manufacturers  Association. 


Manufacturers 
Association. 

Preudent. 
GEO.  W.  STANLEY. 

Vice-President. 
A.  W.  ANDEL. 

Secretary. 
C.  T.  MULLEN. 

LEE  HARRISON. 


C.  T.  MULLEN, 
Secretary  Manufacturers  Asso< 


The 

Retail  Merchants 
Association. 


Master  Builders 
Association. 


President, 
FRED.  TEUFEL. 

SiDOLPH  KNEBELKAMP. 

Meets 

First  and  Third  Tuesdays 
of  Each  Month. 


PETER  FELLNER. 

r  President  Retail  Merchants  Associa 


F.  J.  WOTTOWA. 

Vice- President, 
CHARLES  PELKUS. 

Secretary. 
A.  E.  KREBS. 


A.  J.  SCHUESSLER. 


.n  the  Second  and  Third 

Wednesday  of  Each 

Month, 


UJ  JO 

QC  (J 

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The  Commercial  Building.. 


owners--it  is  essentially  a  monument  to  the  "  Greater  Belleville  "-a  tribute 
to  the  new  spirit  of  progress  and  entr,,  hi  new  era  of  ad- 

vancement--an  inspiration  to  every  business  man  and  loyal  citizen  of  Belle- 
ville. With  this  thought  at  its  inception  it  is  not  remarkable  that  in  all  de- 
tails of  construction  the  motto  has  been  "  The  Best."  and  "  The  Best 
Only  "  from  the  s,-l.-<-ti.,,,  of  luc,ili,m.  tli,-  .-hoi,  <•  „•  .urliitM-ti.  and  discrim- 
ination in  the  materials  used,--moreover  a  critical  judgment  in  securing  the 
best  representative  concerns  having  control  of  the  essential  elements  of  con- 
struction. An  adherence  to  this  determination  for  highest  standards  led  to  the 
selection  of  the  firm  of  RIESTER  &  RUBACH,  who  are  justly  regarded 


as  the  leading  architects  of  this 
that  the  quality  of  material: 
highest  quality  obtainable. 


Naturally  the  selection  of  THE  BRICK  used  was  of  prime  considera- 
tion, and  yean  of  experience  and  practical  knowledge  led  to  the  choice  of 
THE  HYDRAULIC  PRESS  BRICK  COMPANY  as  the  house  best 
fitted  for  fu.ni.hing  the  high  quality  of  material  demanded  in  the  building 
which  is  to  set  the  standard  for  business  buildings  in  Greater  Belleville  for 
the  next  decade  The  technical  designation  of  the  Brick  employed  is  known 
as  -  NO.  110  DARK  SHADE,"  and  Mr.  E.  E.  OEHLER,  Manager 
of  the  Illinois  Branch  of  this  Company  at  the  offices  in  the  Missouri  Trust 
Building,  St.  Louis,  gave  his  personal  attention  to  prompt  deliveries  of  these 
High-Grade  Bricks,  so  that  no  delays  were  experienced  at  any  stage  of 
building.  This  Company  has  two  plants  at  Collinsville,  Illinois,  and  are 
ampl 


dipped  for  promptly  supplying  materials  in  any  quantity  at  briefest 
notice.  It  was  the  selection  of  this  Brick  that  renders  the  Commercial 
Building  not  only  actually  enduring  but  gives  il  the  air  of  great  solidity. 
coupled  with  pleasing  appearance,  both  of  which  are  necessary  in  the 
modern  skyscraper  of  every  metropolis. 


BAUER  BROTHERS, 

Contractors, 
Carpenters,  and  Builders, 

NO.  319  NORTH  AIRY  STREET,  -  -  BELLEVILLE,  ILLINOIS. 

Kinloch  Phone  238.         Estimates  Cheerfully  Furnished. 

We  take  pleasure  in  callintj  attention  to  three  or  four  of  our  recently. put-up  Structures  :  The  Commercial  Bulld- 
inii.  the  Addition  to  the  Saint  Clalr  County  Court  House,  the  Elks  Building,  and  amond  Residences  thai  of  Geortje 
C.  Rebhan,  Esq. 


Interstate  Contracting  &  Supply  Co. 


BOTH  PHONES. 


Successors  to  H.  F.  Gruetzemacher  &  Co.. 

H.  F.  GRUETZEMACHER.  Jr..  President. 

E.  G.  GRUETZEMACHER,    Vice-president  and  General  Manager. 

A.  G.  GRUETZEMACHER,  Secretary  and  Treasurer. 

CONTRACTORS  OF 

STONE  WORK,  GRANITE,  MARBLE 
AND  TILE  WORK, 

Saint  Louis  Office,    14O8  Liggett  Building. 

East  St.  Louis  Office  and  Works.    19th  Street  and  Illinois  Avenue. 

Some  of  Our  Recent  Contracts  Covered  the  Marble  Used  In 

The  St.  Clalr  County  Court  House  and  the  Elks  Building,  Belleville, 

the  City  Hospital  and  the  Central  Bank  Building. 

Saint  Louis. 


[F.  R.  ROMER.  Manager,  ,  ,  1  24  Virrfinla  Avenue. 
BELLEVILLE,  ILLINOIS. 

F.  R.  Romer 

Granitoid  Company 

SIDEWALKS.  COPING.   TILE   FLOOR. 
-•AND  MANTLE  WORK  A  SPECIALTY- 
ALL  WORK  GUARANTEED. 
PHONES;      -hml.M  I,    1<»7-      .Bell  178- 


GEO.  HIRTH, 

SANITARY  PLUMBING. 

Es^fmateTche'erfuTly  Given.1"1 

19  South  High  Street,  Belleville,  Illinois. 

Phones:    Kinloch  362.    Bell  362. 


John  B.  Bohlsen, 

Pleasant  Hill  Grocer, 

Dealer  In  Staple  and  Fancy  Groceries.  Fruits  and 
Kinloch  595.        316  Jarrott  Street.  Belleville.  Illinois. 


^Prompt  Attention  and  honest  treatment 


Call 


on 


Sundlach 
and  Company: 

^Undertakers , 
^funeral  directors. 

jftigh  and  31  Streets.  .    .    .  Sloth  Phones. 

^S^^S^^C^^C^^S5^^?^ 

^Wilharmil 
Coal  and  Coke  Co. , 

Belleville,  Illinois. 

Operating  Sioyal  and  Sffassie  SKines. 
3>aily  Capacity ,  17OOUons. 

Coal  for  JEocal  delivery. 

3ot/i  Phones. 


P    J    SOUCY,  President.  GEO.  W.  DETHARDING,  Treasure!-. 

DONOVAN-GUIGNON  LAND  TITLE  CO., 

E.  W.  MERTZ,  Manager  and  Notary  Public. 

Abstracts  and  Certificates  of  Titles. 

CONVEYANCING  A  SPECIALTY. 
OFFICE  :  No.  16  South  Illinois  Street,  Belleville,  Illinois.    .      .      .      Room  12  Arcade  Building,  East  St.  Louis,  Illin 


FRANK  P.  RIESTER.  OTTO  W.  RUBACH. 

Sliester 
and  Siubach, 

ARCHITECTS 
AND  SUPERINTENDENTS. 

Rooms    9  and  12   West  Building, 

Belleville,  Illinois. 

Main  Office,   Rooms  211   and  212  Insurance  Building, 
East  St.  Louis,  Illinois. 


The 

Geo.  W.  Stanley 

Company, 

SMALL  NAILS,       '     D.  P.  TACKS, 
STAPLES,  RIVETS. 

Long  DUtance,  Bell  109- A. 

BELLEVILLE,    .  .    ILLINOIS. 


FERDINAND  WINKLER, 

Manufacturer  of  All  Kinds  of 

Soda  and  Mineral  Waters. 

All  Orders  Promptly  Attended  to. 

119  South  Spring  Street, Belleville,  Illinois. 


George  Eidman  Implement 
Company, 

Dealers  in 
AGRICULTURAL  IMPLEMENTS, 

Faim    Machinery  of   all  kinds.    Binders,  Mowers,    Buggies,  Wagons, 


;$*aS^      For  Brick  and  Stone  Work,    Brick  and  Granitoid  Paving, 
^jgs  Concrete  Work,  Cementing  and  Sewering, 

I     3toeffken 

Pumps,    Drills,     ^1P 

..Brother*.. 

riers.Corn  Plan-     /$F§$\ 

^  General  Contractors  and  Builders, 

Dealers  in  Building  Material, 

Office  and  Warehouse,  Race  and  C  Streets. 

BELLEVILLE,  ILLINOIS. 

Kinloch  Phone  317. 


H 


'  Machines,    &c. 

18-20  North  High  Street,  Belleville,  111. 


John  Kreher, .  .  .  Practical  Horseshoer, 

24  NORTH  HIGH  STREET,   BELLEVILLE,  ILLINOIS. 


BELL,  371  M. 


KINLOCH,  147. 


A.  M.  WOLLESON,  Pre 


Phon«:   Bell  98',,   Ki,,lo,-l,4V,. 


W.  C.  WOLF.  Secretary. 


Wolleson-Wolf  Abstract  Company, 

FURNISH  ABSTRACTS  AND  CERTIFICATES  OF  TITLE  TO 
REAL  ESTATE  IN  ST.  CLAIR  COUNTY. 

SPECIALTIES :— Surveying  and  Flailing  of  Lote,  Farms,  Minel,  «tc.     Writing  of  Deeds,  Wills.  Mortgage..  Lewes.  &c.    Taxes  Paid  for  Non-Residen 

18  SOUTH  ILLINOIS  STREET,  BELLEVILLE,  ILLINOIS. 


C.   WO/./  ,  -Sun  f.\< 


A.  M.  WOLLESON,  Manager.     Notary  I'uhlk. 


Kinloch  280.  Bell  502. 

CLAUS  GROCERY  CO., 

Staple  and  Fancy  Groceries, 
Flour  ana  Feed. 

715  South  Jackson  Street,  Belleville,  Illinois—- 


The 

South=End  Cash 
Grocery, 

J.  A.  GRUNEWALD,  Manager. 
Both  Phones.  622  Freeburg  Avenue,  Belleville,  Illinois. 


Vitrified  Sewer  Pipe, 

Both  Standard  and  Double  Strength. 

Vitrified  Drain  Tile. 
Vitrified  Wall  Coping. 


Fire  Clay  Flue  Lining. 
Fire  Clay  Chimney  Tops. 
Fire  Clay  Chimney  Pipe. 


Blackmer  &  Post  Pipe  Co 

SAINT  LOUIS,  MISSOURI. 


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Peter  J.  Zulauf, 

Bricklayer 

and  Contractor, 

No.  505  Abend  Street,  Belleville,  Illinois. 


JNE,  KINLOCH  766. 


Adolph  Engel 
&  Brother, 

CONTRACTORS 

BUILDERS.  A* 


Nos.  801  and  807  Park  Avenue, 

BELLEVILLE,  ILLINOIS. 


fyt  JMebtlle 


DAILY.  ESTABLISHED  IN  1839.  SEMI-  WEEKLY. 

THE  LEADING  REPUBLICAN  NEWSPAPER  IN  ST.  CLAIR  COUNTY. 

Best  Advertising  Medium.     Brief  Work  Done.     Job  Work  of  Quality. 

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G.  A.  SAHLENDER, 

Harnesses, 

Trunks, 

Valises, 


No.  126  Main  Street,      =    =    =      Belleville,  Illinois. 
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Boullbotel 

J.  BOUL,  Proprietor, 

==Lebanon 


Fine  Wines,  Liquors  and  Cigars. 

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Staple  and  3aney  Groceries, 

5io.  110  South  Illinois  Street,  Belleville,  J//inois  .....        Uhe  Jiinloeh  Phone. 


Louis  Weyhaupt, 

722  Freeburg  Avenue, 

Fine  Wines,  Liquors*  and  Cigars. 


Phone,  'Bell  661. 


THE 

Streets  of  Greater  Belleville 

Should  be  Paved  with 


The  Greatest 

Paving  Blocks 


In  the  World. 


Experience  Everywhere  Shows  that 
the  Best  Paving  Block  Made  is 

The  Culver  Block. 


Manufactured  by 

The  Wabash  Clay  Company 

Of  Veedersburg,  Indiana. 


JOHN  GANNSMANN, 
Common  and  Select  Stock  Brick, 

A  Specialty  of  Brick  to  Contractors 
at  Lowest  Prices. 

North  Illinois  Street  and  Louisville  *  Nashville  Railroad.  Swansea.  Illinois. 


Thos.  R.  Mould, 

Attorney =at- Law, 
Notary  Public, 

No.  32  Public  Square, 

BELLEVILLE,  ILLINOIS. 


Stoves  and 
Hardware, 

Standard  Warm  Air  Furnaces. 

320  Main  Street,  Belleville,  Illinois. 
Telephone,  Kinloch  465. 


on  ^Dentists. 


Established  Ten  Years. 
18  East  Main  Street,  Over  Belleville  Savings  Bank. 

GEORGE  J.  FORESTNER,  =  =  =  PROPRIETOR- 


T.  J.  Price,  f 

Dealer  in 

Pianos,  Organs,  Player  Pianos, 

and  Talking  Machines,   Sewing 

Machines,  Musical  Instruments, 

Stationery,  &c. 

The  New  Home  Machine  Leads  All  Others. 
Sewing  Machines  Repaired. 

===15  West  Main  Street=== 


OPEN  ALL  NIGHT. 


The 

Wide= Awake 
Restaurant, 

T.  F.  PH1NNEY,  ....    Proprietor. 

Short  Orders.       Regular  /Heals.      Everything  in  Season. 

Northwest  Corner  Public  Square, 

BELLEVILLE,   ILLINOIS. 


Storrs===Si£rns.. 


1223  West  Main  Street,  Belleville,  Illinois.     Kinloch  Phone,  793. 


LEUNIG-RHEIN  SHOE  COMPANY, 

BELLEVILLE'S  GREATEST  SHOE  HOUSE, 

Where  You  Will  Always  Find  the  CORRECT  STYLES. 

102  East  Main  Street,  Belleville,  Illinois. 


Phone,  Kinloch  258. 


FRICK 
Feed  Company, 

Wholesale  and  Retail  Dealers  in  the 

Celebrated   Cream  and  Cella  Flour. 

Also  Hay,  Oats,  Corn  and  Chicken  Feed. 

All  Orders  Promptly  Delivered. 
623  South  Illinois  Street,  Belleville,  Illinois. 


.Wm.  E.  Siefert. 

"Real  Estate, 

LOANS, 
INSURANCE, 

Rents  Collected.     Notary  Public. 

Phone,  Kinloch  3 1 1. 
Room  No.  2,  Court  House,  Belleville,  Illinois. 


-  West  End  Lumber  Yard- 

JACOB  CHRISTIAN,  Proprietor. 

CARPENTER  AND  BUILDER. 

Contracts  Taken  for  All  Kinds  of  Buildings.        Estimates  Cheerfully  Furnished  on  Application. 

Shop,  No.  301  North  Silver  Street.     Lumber  Yard,  No.  200-220  North  West  Street, 
Kinloch  Phone  469.  BELLEVILLE.  ILLINOIS. 


CUT  FLOWERS,  FUNERAL  DESIGNS, 
And  All  Kinds  of  Pot  Plants. 

No.  721  East  Seventh  Street, 
Belleville,  Illinois. 

PHONE,  KINLOCH  192. 


Bdl.  571  A. 


^eibelberger  jpal). 


Kinlcch.  498. 


FARM  YARD 

Boarding  House  and  Saloon 

Leonard  Birkner  &  Son,  Props. 

Choice  H^ines,  Liquors 
and  Cigars. 


No.  119  West  Main  Street, 


Belleville,  Illinois, 


ALPH.  GASS. 


GASS  BROS., 

CONTRACTORS. 


CEMENT  WALKS,  BASEMENTS,  STEPS.  ETC. 

Office,  23  South  Race  Street.  Kinloch  Telephone  278. 


PETER  GASS,  Jr. 


Belleville,  Illinois 


M.  G.  Gannon, 

DEALER  IN 

Fresh   Meats,  Sausages,  Etc. 

No.  318  East  Main  Street,  Belleville.  Ilium  \ 


F.  J.  Schaeffler, 

Proprietor  of  the 

IMPERIAL  BARJANDJ>OOL   ROOM. 

Kinloch  Phone  654. 

200-202  West  Main  Street,  Belleville,  Illinois. 


Kinloch  227.        Bell  289-M. 


HENRT  FORCADE  &  CO, 

LOCAL     AGENTS 

GOLD  MEDAL  and  WHITE  ROSE  FLOVR, 


F.  Q  WEHRLE 

THE     LEADING 

Setoeler 


Diamonds,  Watches,  Jewelry 

SOLID    SILVER    TEA    and   SOUVENIR 

SPOONS  IN  GREAT  VARIETY. 
THE    BEST    at    the    LOWEST    PRICES 

No.   16  EAST    MAIN   STREET 


CHRIS.  DIETZ, 
The  TAILOR. 


Jressed  men  in  the  community. 
i  invariably  reasonable. 
•ve  a  Department  in  which  Suits  are   Cleaned  and   Dyed 
204  West  Main  Street,  Belleville,  Illinois. 


OMMHTCS 


C 


The  Largest  Stock  of  Marble  and  Granite  Monuments  and  Tombstones  in  the 
County.    All  Work  Guaranteed  First-Glass. 


.  The  Owl  Saloon. 

C.  J.  KUNTZMANN,  Prop. 

Fine  Wines,  Liquors 
and  Cigars. 

20  West  Main  Street.  Belleville,  Illinois. 


Ten  Years'  Experience  as  a  Master  Painter. 

Adolph  C.  Spies, 

Painter 
anb  Paper  ganger 

Kinloch  Phone  586. 
Cor.  Glen  Avenue  and  Monroe  Street.  Belleville,  Illinois. 


Louis  Kuhn  Shoe  Co. 


1013  West  Main  Street, 


Belleville, 


Illinois. 


Have  a  Complete  Line  of 

.SHOES. 

At  Moderate  Prices.    Try  them. 


Fred.DabbCo, 


Louisville    and    Portland    Cement, 
Plaster  Paris,  Lime,  Sand,  An- 
thracite and  Soft  Coal. 

Kinloch  Phone. 
700  South  Illinois  St.  Belleville,  Illinois, 


PATRONIZE 


The  Belleville 
Steam  Bakery 

And  Work  for  (he  Advancement  of  a  Greater 
Belleville. 

MARTIN  GRADL,  Prop. 


George  J.  Kissel, 


Drugs,  Medicines,  and 
Chemicals, 

Paints,  Oils,  Glass,  Putty,  Etc., 

Fancy  and  Toilet  Articles,  Brushes,  Perfumery, 

Stationery,  Etc.,  Etc. 

WE  GU<JtR<JINTEE : 

Personal  Attention  to  Prescriptions.      Only  the  Purest  Drugs  Used. 
Lowest  Prices,  Quality  Considered. 


Physician's  Prescriptions 

CAREFULLY  COMPOUNDED. 


14O1  West  Main  Street, 


Belleville,  Illinois. 


2X  fetel'*  ^on, 


Dealer  in  all  kinds  of  Marble  and  Granite  Monuments.      Italian  and  American  Marble  and  Granite  Work. 

Tombstones,  Monuments,  Etc.,  a  Specialty. 
All  Work  Guaranteed  «t  the  Low<*  Price*.       Estimate.  Cheerfully  FumUhed.       TELEPHONE.  BELL  309  A. 

324-326  West  Main  Street,  Belleville,  Illinois. 


Philip  6.  Wittlich,  Jr., 

PAINTER  and  PAPER  HANGER. 

All  Work  Entrusted  to  Me 

Done  in  a  First-Class  Manner. 

3 IS  Mend  Street,  Belleville,  Illinois, 


LOUIS  C.  ZIMMERMANN  &  CO. 
Livery  and  Boarding  Stables. 

Horses  Boarded  by  the  Meal,  Day  or  Month. 

First-Class  Drivers  a  Specialty. 
216-218  East  B  Street,  Belleville,  Illinois. 


Wants  more  Dry  Goods,  wants  more  Carpets,  Linoleums  and 
Lace  Curtains,  wants  more  Ladies'  Ready-to-Wear  Goods 

And  the  Right  Place  to  get  the  Right  Goods  at  the  Right  Prices  is  at 

. . .  Fuess- Fischer  Company 's. . . 

WE  place  advance  orders  on  Dry  Goods  direct  with  the  manufacturer.    We  buy  Carpets 
direct  from  the  mills.    We  give  orders  to  the  Linoleum  mills  for  carload  lots.    We 
buy  Lace  Curtains  direct  from  the  Lace  Curtain  manufacturer.    Underwear  and 
Hosiery  we  buy  in  case  lots  from  the  mills.    Now  the  above  way  of  buying  our  goods  gives 
us  this  advantage :    We  buy  for  cash  direct  from  the  manufacturer,  thereby  saving  the  mid- 
dle dealer's  profits ;  in  other  words,  goods  go  direct  to  the  consumer  through  us  from  the 
manufacturer.    So  you  pay  but  one  profit  for  the  goods  after  leaving  the  manufacturer— do 
you  see  ?    Buy  Dry  Goods,  Carpets,  Lace  Curtains,  Linoleums,  Etc.,  from  us  and  save  money 
on  your  purchases,  as  above  illustrated  and  done  by  the 

Fuess-Fischer  Company, 

Belleville's     Exclusive     Dry    Goods,    Carpets    and    Ladies'    Ready -to -Wear     Goods     Store. 


Bell  716.     Kinloch  227. 


Washburn-Crosby  Company's  Gold  Medal  Flour 

AND 

Reicbert  Milling  Company's  Wbite  Rose  Flour. 
Bran,  Shipstuff,  Chicken  Teed,  Hay,  Corn  and  Oats. 


Office,  Sixth  and  Spring  Street, 


Belleville,  Illinois. 


BOTTLERS 

of 

All 

BEVERAGES. 


Bell  Phone  348  M. 
Kinloch.  460. 


124  N.  High  Street 


..Gottschalk  Grocer  Company.. 

HEADQUARTERS  FOR  FANCY  CANNED  AND  BOTTLED  GOODS- 

114  AND  116  EAST  MAIN  STREET,    .  .     BELLEVILLE,  ILLINOIS. 


RESIDENCE  PHONE  BELL  568  A. 

HARRY  B.  WANGELJN, 

Real  Estate  and  Loans, 

No.  5  South  High  Street,     .      .      .     Belleville,  Illinois. 


-M.   ZlMMERMANN- 

Dealer  in  Dry  Goods  and  Groceries, 

NO.  801  FREEBURG  AVENUE,  BELLEVILLE.  ILLINOIS. 

THE  UP-TO  DATE  GROCERY  AND 

DRY  GOODS  STORE. 
Phono  :  KINLOCH  365. 


loroi?fli  (firorot 

1012    AND    1014    WEST    MAIN    STREET.    BELLEVILLE.    ILLINOIS. 

Dealers  in  Staple  and  Fancy  Groceries,  Flour,  Feed,  and  Miners'  Supplies.     Headquarters  for 
'  Kinloch  Phone  329.  Dynamite  and  All  Explosives. 


M.  BAUMANX.  L.  BAUMANN. 

Baumann  Bros., 

Contractors 
And  Builders, 

No.  717  South  Jackson  Street,  Belleville,  Illinois. 

We  Do  All  Kinds  of  Building  and  Repairing. 


Adolph  H. 
Honer, 


r  of  and  Dealer  in 
MARBLE  and  GRANITE 

THomimttits, 
-®otnb  §tonfs- 

&C..  «tC. 

No.  829  South  Illinois  Street,  One 
Block  South  of  the  I.  C.  Depot. 


See  Me  Before  Placing  Your  Order. 


-JAMES  P.  RICH  &  SON- 

tmfc 


No.    10  North  High  Street,   Belleville,   Illinois,     ...     and     ...     East  St.  Louis. 

TELEPHONE  :  KINLOCH  247. 

JAMES  P.  RICH.  W.  J.  P.  RICH. 

PARK  GROCERY  CO., 

Wholesale  and  Retail  Dealers  in  Choice  Staple  and  Fancy  Groceries,  Vegetables, 
Fruits.  Nuts,  and  Candies. 

CORNER  A  AND  JACKSON  STREETS,  BELLEVILLE,  ILLINOIS.        PHONES  :  BELL  239.    KINLOCH  239. 

Heinz'  57  Varieties  a  Specialty  with  us. 


JWWrfto... 


St.  Clair  Lumber  Co. 


SASH,    DOORS    AND    BLINDS, 

No.  309  West  Main  Street, 
Belleville,  Illinois. 


TELEPHONES 


RESIDENCE  TELEPHONE.  K1NLOCH  452.    BELL  157  M. 
OFFICE  TELEPHONE,  KINLOCH  56. 

DR.  HENRY  REIS. 


OFFICE  :   118  WEST  MAIN  STREET. 
RESIDENCE  :  121  S.  RACE  STREET. 

Belleville,    Illinois. 

OFFICE  HOURS-9  TO  1 1  A.  M.    2  TO  5  P.  M. 
7  TO  9  P.  M. 


Jctf|eatre 


Illinois. 


A  Handsome  Modern  Playhouse  Devoted  to  the  Entertainment  of  Playgoers  of  AH  Classes.         Playing  the  Highest  Class 

Traveling  Attractions  and  the  Best  Popular  Priced  Ones. 
One  of  the  Most  Profitable  Houses  in  the  Country  for  the  Traveling  Manager. 


BADGLEY  &  SON 

Contractors 
And  Builders 

We  Do  All  Kinds  of  Building  and  Repairing.     Also  Manu- 
facturers of  the  Smith-Badgley  Company's  Adjustable 
Shade  Hanger  Window  Lock  and  Pull. 

765-767  East  Main  Street,  Belleville. 

KINLOCH  PHONE  592. 


-D.  DAHLEM- 

.Wagon  Maker. 

602  North  Richland  Street,  Belleville. 

Wagon    Making    and    Repairing    Promptly  Attended   To. 


Frit?  Qjttint?  r  .  :  :  . 


FINE  CIGARS,  LIQUORS,  &C. 

Comer  Illinois  and  B  Streets,     .     .     .       Opposite  Liederkranz  Hall,     .     .     .       Belleville,  Illinois. 


JWWiinf-... 


GANNSMANN  &  MUELLER, 

Common  and  Select  Stock  Brick. 

WE  MAKE  A  SPECIALTY  OF  BRICK  TO  CONTRACTORS  AT  LOWEST  FIGURES. 

North  Illinois  Street  and  Louisville  and  Nashville  Railroad.  SWANSEA,  Illinois. 

There  i»  .  "  BEST  "  of  Everything,  and  a  "  BEST  "  Place  to  Get  It. 

1 1 3  EAST  MAIN 
Is  THE  BEST  PLACE  to  Get  THE  BEST. 

JCrebs  Bros.'  Store- 

Dinner  Sets,  Decorated  China,  Art  Ware,  Oil  and  Gas  Lamps,  Aluminum, 
Enameled  and  Granite  Cooking  Utensils  and   House  Furnishing  Goods 

AT  THE    LOWEST   PRICES. 


0rrt»M  and  Band  Hair 

(Eunfs  (Jomposfd  for 


GEORGE  D.  TUFTS, 


and  Jnstrumfnta!  IHusir. 


406  Wabash   Avenue.   Belleville.   Illi 


VISIT 


...KOENIG'S... 
.MILLINERY. 

22  West  Main  Street.  Belleville. 


The  Latest  Stvles.      The  Lowest  Prices. 


The  LEADING  GERMAN   PAPERS  in  Southern  Illinois. 


and  Srfotor  ?fi 


....W  St.  (Stair 

ft?  J»t  Clair  Printing  anb  j^eto^  Company. 


The  Best  Advertising  Mediums  in  the  City.          Job  Printing  Promptly  and  Neatly  Done. 

NO.   3O2    NORTH    ILLINOIS   STREET.      -      '      -     -      BELLEVILLE.   ILLINOIS. 

Henry  Niedenfuehr, 


Flow  arnsfl  F®®dL 

318  WEST  MAIN  STREET.  BELLEVILLE. 


PHONE:  KINLOCH  224. 


(Sitafrr 


BELLEVILLE 
PURE  MILK  AND  ICE  CREAM  COMPANY 

PASTEURIZED  BOTTLED  MILK  AND  CREAM.    WE  MAKE  SIXTY  VARIETIES  OF  ICE  CREAM, 
SHERBETS,  FRUIT  ICES.  PUDDINGS.  AND  BRICK,  ALL  FLAVORS. 

We  Mate  Fancy    Forms  of  Fruits  and  Flowers.      All  Orders  Will  Receive  Our  Prompt  and  Careful  Attention. 
BELL.  645  A.    KINLOCH.  645.  105  NORTH  MILL  STREET.  BELLEVILLE,  ILLINOIS. 


We  Do  the  Horseshoeing  (or  the  Prmcipal  Departments  of  the  City  of  Belleville. 

CHARLES  STEGMEYER, 
Practical  Horse  Shoer, 


407  EAST  MAIN  STREET,  BELLEVILLE,  ILLINOIS. 


PHONE:  BELL,  453  A. 


-O.  W.    PUSTMUELLER- 

CHOICE  AND  STAPLE 

-GROCERIES- 

FLOUR  AND  FRUITS. 

No.    220  Mascoutah  Avenue.     .       .     Belleville,  Illinois. 
PHONES :  KINLOCH  343.       BELL  390. 


-OTTO  G.  NEUHAUS-- 

1021   West  Main  Street.  Belleville,  Illinois. 

PURE  DRUGS,  MEDICINES, 

Perfumery.  ToUet  and  Fancy  Articles,  and  All  Druggists'  Sundries, 

Fine  Imported  and  Domestic  Cigars. 
Physicians'  Prescriptions  Carefully  Prepared. 


PARIS  STEAM  CLEANING  AND 
-DYE  WORKS- 

FRANK  SADORF,  PROPRIETOR. 

CLOTHES  STEAM  RENOVATED  AND  PRESSED  FOR  $1.00  PER  SUIT. 
CLOTHES  THOROUGHLY  CLEANED  AND  PRESSED  FOR  $2.25  PER  SUIT. 

CARPETS  CLEANED  BY  COMPRESSED  AIR. 
Kinloch  Phone  535.    Bell  Phone  421  A.  NO.  315  EAST  MAIN  STREET. 


...JACOB  MAGIN... 

MANUFACTURER  OF  AND  DEALER  IN 

HAVANA  AND   DOMESTIC  CIGARS 

Bell  Phone,  272  M.  No.   117  South  Church  Street,  Bellevaie,  Illinois.  Kinloch  Phone,  734. 


Smoke    the    Following  Popular    Brands:    "JAKE   MAGIN'S    HAVANA."   "LITTLE  VICTOR."    AND    "THE    PATRIOT." 

WESSEL  &  SAINTEVE 

Staple  and  Fancy 
--GROCERIES- 
NO.  1900  WEST  MAIN  STREET,  BELLEVILLE, 

Bell  Phone,  330  A.            Kinloch  Phone,  445. 

GEORGE  W.  SCHROEDER 

DEALER  IN 

Staplf  and  1fm%  <&wmm, 

HX^AMJF^gR^VT^^Lp.C.  WITH 
Cor.  Gilbert  Street  and  Caseyville  Avenue,  Swansea,  Illinois. 

TROLLEY  LEAGUE  HEADQUARTERS. 

GEORGE  SAUERWEIN 

CHOICE  WINES,  LIQUORS, 
AND  CIGARS. 
423  SOUTH  ILLINOIS  STREET.  .  BELLEVILLE. 

Lunch  From  9  to   1  1    A.  M.        Phones  :  Kinloch  565.     Bell  320. 

Otto  J.  Keller  Grocery  Co., 

NORTH  ILLINOIS  STREET.  SWANSEA.  ILLINOIS, 

STAPLE  AND  FANCY  GROCERIES 

AND  VEGETABLES. 
Bell  Phone  395  A.     Kinloch  771.     A  Trial  Order  Will  Convince  You 

A.  SCHESKE,  ---  -  MEAT  MARKET, 

422  EAST  B  STREET,  BELLEVILLE,  ILLINOIS. 
DEALER    IN    HOME-KILLED    MEATS    AND    HOME-MADE    SAUSAGES, 

PHONES:         KINLOCH,  337.  BELL.  164  A. 


...Kinloch  Telephone  Company.., 

LOCAL  AND  LONG  DISTANCE. 

Furnish  Long  Distance  Service  to  Principal  Points  in  Illinois,  Indiana,  Kansas,  Kentucky, 

Missouri  and  Ohio. 

GENERAL  OFFICES, 

KINLOCH  BUILDING,  TENTH  AND  LOCUST  STREETS,  ST.  LOUIS,  MISSOURI. 


JOS.  BAUR.  FRANK  BAUR. 

Baur  Bros.'  Foundry  Co. 

MANUFACTURERS  OF  ALL  KINDS  OF 

FINE  GRAY  IRON  CASTINGS, 

NORTH  ILLINOIS  STREET,      .    .     BELLEVILLE,  ILLINOIS: 


A.  M.  HEINEMANN. 


A.  H.  HEINEMANN. 


HEINEMANN  BROS. 

The  Leading  Grocers  of   Tower  Grove, 

LEBANON  AVENUE,  BELLEVILLE,  ILLINOIS. 
Phones  :  Kinloch,.  265 Bell,  676. 


.FRANK       _ANG.. 


WHITENING.  GRAINING  AND  GLAZING  A  SPECIALTY.  All  Work  Entrusted  To  Me  DOM  in  a  Fint-Clas,  Manner. 

Phone,  Kinloch  617.  716  FREEBURG  AVENUE,  BELLEVILLE,  ILLINOIS. 


ST.  CLAIR 
-TITLE  OFFICE- 

BASEMENT  OF  COURT  HOUSE, 
BELLEVILLE.  ILLINOIS, 

H.  E,  SCHRADER,  MANAGER. 

Investigators  of  Titles.     Furnish  Abstracts,  Plats 
and  Certificates  of  Titles. 

CONVEYANCING  A  SPECIALTY. 

BELL  TELEPHONE  171.  KINLOCH  424. 


ANTON  SEHLINGER.  President. 
TONY  J.  SEHUNGER.  Secretary  and  Tre 


WHOLESALE  AND  RETAIL  DEALERS  IN 

Grain,    Hay,   Flour  and   Mill  Feed. 

BOTH  TELEPHONES  63. 
800-812  SOUTH  ABEND  STREET,  BELLEVILLE. 

A.k  Your  Grocer  for  the  Well-Known  Brand,  of  Flour, 
"  Marvel,"  "  Imperial,'*  "  Beit,"  and  "  Sweet  Locust." 


-F.  N.  GRUNEWALD- 

Hardware,  Sporting  Goods,  Miners'  and  Electrical  Supplies. 

AGENT  FOR  RUECHTER'S  DURABLE  PAINTS. 
Kinloch  Phone  195.  NO.  306  WEST  MAIN  STREET,  BELLEVILLE,  ILLINOIS. 

GEO.W.ROTHWEILER  I  -GEORGE  HIPPARD- 


DEALER  IN 

Staple  Groceries,  Fancy  Fruits,  Vegetables, 

FLOUR   OYSTERS,  ICE  CREAM  AND  CONFECTIONS. 

No.  206  Virginia  Avenue Belleville,  IlHnois. 

PHONE  :   KINLOCH  470. 


Dealer  in  Staple  and  Fancy  Groceries, 
Flour,  Hardware  and  Shoes. 

601  South  Illinois  Street,  Belleville. 

TELEPHONE.  KINLOCH  242. 


(Smitft 


HENRY  EMUNDS. 


GEORGE  KISSEL. 


West  End  Floral  Park, 


—FLORISTS- 


FLOWERS,  DESIGNS,  EMBLEMS,  AND   DECORATIONS. 

BEDDING    PLANTS   A   SPECIALTY. 
PHONE  =  KINLOCH  314.  220O  TO  2300  WEST  MAIN  STREET,  BELLEVILLE. 


The  Cash  Meat  Market, 

OSCAR  SCHESKE,    PROPRIETOR. 

804  East  Main  Street,  Belleville. 

A    Full    Line  of  Meats  and  Sausages. 

KINLOCH  679.  BELL  628  M. 


C.  O  SCHOTT, 

Painter  and  Paper  Hanger, 

13O8  NORTH  CHURCH   STREET, 

BELLEVILLE,  ILLINOIS. 


The  F.  J.  LOUIS 

PATENT 

Expanding  and  Contracting  Water  Cut-Off. 

This  Cut-Off  Consists  of  Three  Parts  Made  of  Cast-iron,  viz :  The  Valve  and  the 
Two  Sections  of  the  Casing.     It  is  Made  in  Three  and  Four  Inch  Sizes. 

IT  IS  SUPERIOR  TO  OTHERS 


Because-It  Expands  and  Contracts,  preventing  breakage  by  freez 
Because— It  does  not  leak  in  the  joints  as  do  other  cast-iron  Cut- C 


evolvi, 


i  left    to  right,  or  vice  versa  as  the 


Because- -The  valve  is  simple   and   strong, 
need  may  be  by  means  of  a    finger  piece. 

Because— Any  of  the  parts  can  be  replaced  in  case  of  breakage. 

F.  J.  LOUIS-Copper  and  Galvanized  Iron  Cornice  Work. 

SKYLIGHTS  AND  VENTILATORS.    ALL  KINDS  OF  SHEET  METAL  WORK. 

No.  623  EAST  MAIN  STREET,  BELLEVILLE,  ILLINOIS. 


Wmkler  &  Schirmer, 

STATIONERS, 
BOOKBINDERS, 

And  Dealers  in  Blank  Books,    School 

Supplies,  Wall  Paper,  Picture  Frames, 

Fancy  Stationery,  &c. 

No.    15    East  Main   Street,    Belleville,  Illinois. 
Selling    Agents     for     "GREATER     BELLEVILLE." 


CASH 

PACKING    HOUSE 
..MARKET.. 

JOHN  SPRICH  &  SON,  Proprietors. 

212  East  Main  Street,   Belleville,  Illinois, 
Our  Prices   Are  Always   The  Lowest. 

KINLOCH  PHONE  436. 


-W.  &  E.  SCHAEFER- 


DEALERS  IN 


Lime,  Hair,  Sand, 
Cement,  Plaster  Paris,  &c. 

DRAIN   TILE,    SEWER    TILE  AND  BOILER   TILE    CONSTANTLY 
ON  PI  AND. 

PHONE  :  KINLOCH  135.  Nos.  404  and  406  North  Illinois  Street,  BellevOU,  lllinoU. 


- tftf  (firmtfr  BfllfWIlf- 


A.   G.   STOLZE, 
CONTRACTOR  AND  BUILDER, 


PHONE.  KINLOCH  616. 


WASHINGTON  PLACE,  BELLEVILLE.  ILLINOIS. 

ESTIMATES  CAREFULLY  FURNISHED. 


ARTHUR  W.  OBST, 

Sanitary  Plumbing  and  Heating, 
Gas  Fitting  and  Sewering. 

332    West  Main  Street,   Belleville. 

KinlochPhone4l8.         Bell.  543. 


MIKE  KEEFE, 

Hotel  and  Saloon. 


Phone  Kinloch  10. 


IINES.    LIQUORS.  CIGARS.  &C. 

)13  SCHEEL  STREET,  BELLEVILLE.  ILL. 


OPEN  A  1. 1.  NIGHT. 


No.  130  West  Main  Street, 
Belleville,  Illinois. 


QUICK  SERVICE. 


Restaurant  and  MB  -Chilli-  Parlor- 


F.  D.  DILLARD, 

PROPRIETOR. 


EMIL  FUNCKE, 

(granitoid  <i  <£  «nt  3Uorfe 


807  South  Jackion  St 


i  Furnished. 
BELLEVILLE,  ILLINOIS. 


GEORGE  E.DAHM 

PLUMBING,  SEWERING  and  GAS  FITTING. 

Jobbing  Promptly  Attended  To.     Estimates  Furnished. 

No.   1009  West  Main  Street Belleville,  Illinois 


KINLOCH  PHONE  556. 


-AUGUST  STEIN-- 
<f  ontractor  and  Buil&f  r, 

We  Do  All  Kinds  of  Building  and  Repairing.  715  ABEND  STREET,  BELLEVILLE,  ILLINOIS. 

PHONE,  KINLOCH  765. 


Niebruegge  Feed  Co., 

212-214  E.st  B  Street,  Belleville.  Illinois. 

Dealers  in  Flour,  Hay,  Corn,  Oats,  Chicken  Feed, 

AND  CRACKED  CORN. 
Telephone.  Kinloch  727.      All  Orders  Will  Receive  Prompt  Attention. 


WILLIAM  DITTMANN, 

Contractor  and  Builder, 

412  South  Church  Street,  Belleville,  Illinois. 
All  Kinds  of  Repairins  Promptly  Attended  To.      Phone.  Kinloch  393. 


HENRY  SCHRECK, 

HOTEL  AND  BAR. 

FINE  IMPORTED  WINES  AND  LIQOURS.     BOARDING  BY  DAY  OR  WEEK. 

No.   119  West  Main  Street,  Belleville,  Illinois. 


BRAUCH  &  BISCHOF, 

CONTRACTORS. 

GRANITOID  WALKS  AND  CONCRETE 
WORK  A  SPECIALTY. 

BEI.I.  PHONE  357.          Office    No.  102  South  Illinois  Street. 


Hotel  Tiemann, 

LEOPOLD  DITTEL,  Proprietor. 
FIRST-CASS   BAR   IN    CONNECTION. 


....HENRY  J.  FINK.... 

Insurance,  Financial  and  Bond 


BELLEVILLE,  .         .  ILLINOIS. 


~H.  R.  HEIMBERGER 


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NOTARY  PUBLIC, 

Room  28,  First  National  Bank  Building, 

BELLEVILLE,  ILLINOIS. 

PHONES  :  RESIDENCE,  BELL  524  A.       OFFICE.  BELL  722. 


...ADOLPH  G.  FEHR... 

Florist 

..AND    SEEDSMAN.. 

Growers  of  Cut  Flowers  and  Choice  Plants. 
LEADERS  IN  OUR  LINE. 

Greenhouses  Carlyle  Road,          Store  222  East  Main  Street, 
BELLEVILLE.  ILLINOIS. 


Jfos.  ftilptrt  .  .  Contractor  and  Builtor 

NO.  825  WEST    MAIN    STREET.   BELLEVILLE.  ILLINOIS. 


the  Many  Fine  Buildings  in  and  Around  Belleville  I  have  constructed  I 


a  few--The  Henry  Raab  School  House.       The  St  Vincent  Hospital 
" 


STORR'C 


25  EAST  FIRST  STREET 
BELLEVILLE  ---  ILLINOIS 


Copies  of  "  Greater  Belleville "  for  Mailing 
to  Friends  can  be  obtained  at  the  Book- 
stores of  Belleville.  .  .  .  Price  Fifty  Cents. 


linofbfl'5 


••• 


444 


103  East  Wain 


nos. 


DON'T  MAKE  A  MISTAKE  WHEN  You  BUILD,  BUT  USE 

-Swansea  Arificial  Stone- 

Manufactured  by  SWANSEA  ARTIFICIAL  STONE  CO.,  Arthur  J.  Foumie,  Prest.  and  Gen.  Manager. 
Telephone- Bell  589  M.  CONCRETE  CONSTRUCTION  WORK  A  SPECIALTY. 


JOHN  D.   VOGT, 

Grading  Contractor, 

Telephone,  Bell  536  M. 

BELLEVILLE,  .  .   ILLINOIS. 


May  SECURITY  FLOUR 

And   Greater  Belleville  Never  Reach  Their  Limit. 

RAUCH  MILLING  CO. 


Chris.  Knebelkamp 
&  Company, 

-BUILDING  CONTRACTORS- 

Bridge  Work  and  Pile  Driving  a  Specialty. 

OFFICE,   NO.  211    ABEND  STREET, 

BELLEVILLE,  ILLINOIS. 
PHONES:     KINLOCH  194.  BELL  23 1  M. 


BEN  MERCK 

FURNITURE 

225-227  E. 

MAIN 
ST 


Rauschkolb  Realty  Company 

19  WALNUT  STREET,  BELLEVILLE,  ILLINOIS. 

...REAL  ESTATE,  LOANS  AND  COLLECTIONS... 

Call  Up  Phone  335  M,  or  402  M.  When  You  Want  Good  Results  Promptly. 


Dr.  H.  F.  MERCK, 

..Dentist.. 

CORNER  CHURCH  AND  MAIN  STREETS, 
BELLEVILLE,  ILLINOIS. 


,.L.  Neumeyer  &  Son., 

EAGLE  BAKERY 
AND  CONFECTIONERY. 

MANUFACTURERS  OF   PRETZELS. 

307  East  Main  Street.  Belleville.  Illinois. 


JOSEPH 

(Slotting 


-Leading  Clothiers- 
HATTERS, 

And  Gents'  Furnishers, 

107-109  West  Main  Street,   Belleville,  Illinois. 
WE  KINDLY  SOLICIT   YOUR  PATRONAGE. 


THE 


PURINGTON 

PAVING 

BRICK 

COMPANY, 

GALESBURG,  ILLINOIS, 


MANUFACTURERS 


Pairing  Brick 


SHIPPED  DURING  THE  YEAR 


...78,623,380, 


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Belleville  Threshing  Machinery. 

THERE   IS   NOTHING  BETTER. 

THE  JUMBO  TRACTION  ENGINES 

Are  All  Equipped  With  2-Speed  Device,  and  Have  the  Most  Sensitive  Friction  Clutch  Ever  Put  on  a  Road   Engine. 

"BELLEVILLE  SEPARATORS 

Are  Unsurpassed  for  Fast,  Clean  Threshing,  and  They  SAVE  THE  GRAIN. 
FOR  CATALOGUE,  PRICES  AND  TERMS  ADDRESS, 

HARRISON  MACHINE  WORKS, . . .  Belleville,  Illinois. 

THE  BELL 

TELEPHONE  COMPANY 
OF  MISSOURI 


A 

TELEPHONE 

IN  YOUR 
OFFICE  OR  STORE. 


A 

TELEPHONE 

IN  YOUR 

HOME. 


Long  Distance  Service  From  Every  Bell  Telephone. 


FOR  RATES  CALL  BELLEVILLE  300. 


ADOLPH  KEIL, 

STOVES 

AND  RANGES. 

WARM  AIR  HEATING. 
SHEET  METAL  WORK. 

NO.  209  NORTH  ILLINOIS  STREET, 
nELLEVILLE,  ILL. 


FRITZ  WINTER, 

Fine  Whiskies,  Wines,  Brandies, 
Liquors,  Cigars,  &c. 


W.  C.  SPIES, 

painting,  ®ll)itfning  and  Papn  foanainj. 

300  SOUTH  CHURCH  STREET, 
Phon,.KinlocS657.  BELLEVILLE.  ILLINOIS. 


The  Engravings  Used  in  This  Book 
Were  Made  by  the 

MISSOURI  ENGRAVING  COMPANY, 

OF  SAINT  LOUIS. 

THEY  SPEAK  FOR  THEMSELVES. 

IF  YOU  CONTEMPLATE  A  CATALOG  OR  OTHER  ADVERTISING  LITERATURE 
WE  INVITE  YOUR  INQUIRIES. 

THE  MISSOURI  ENGRAVING  COMPANY, 

Publicity  Building,   1127-29  Pine  Street,  Saint  Louis,  Missouri. 


Renowned  Gundlach 
Grain  Drill. 


The  Simple  ft  as  Well  as  the  Strongest  and  Most  Durable  Force  Feed  Grain  Drill  in  the  Market, 
and  the  Lightest  Running.     Every  Drill  Warranted. 

Manufactured  by  P.  M.  GUNDLACH  SONS, 


BELLEVILLE,     ILLINOIS. 


QUALITY 
STOVE  AND  RANGE  Co., 


MANUFACTURERS  OF 

HIGH-GRADE 


Steel  Ranges  and  Heaters, 

BELLEVILLE,   ILLINOIS. 


LONG  &  SONS, 

DEALERS  IN 

Furniture,  Stoves,  Sewing  Machines,  Washing  Machines, 
Clothes  Wringers,  Bicycles,  School  Furniture,  &c. 

123,  125,   127,  205  and  205   1-2  West  Main  Street,  Belleville,  Illinois. 
Storage  Rooms  :  Spring  and  Third  Streets.  Telephones  :  Bell  93  A.     Kinloch   III. 

Repairing  of  All  Kinds  Promptly  Attended  To. 


Miller  &  Schaal, 

Contractors!  ano  Carpenters!, 

310  WABASH  AVENUE,  .   BELLEVILLE,  ILLINOIS. 
Estimates  Furnished  Promptly.     Phone,  Kinloch  138. 


Schiermeier  &  Nagel 

Jobbing  Bricklayers, 

Residence  400  South  Church  Street Belleville,  Illinois. 

All  Kinds  ol  Brick  Laying  Promptly  Attended  To.      Kinloch  652 . 


E.  W.  WEST,  JR., 

Real  Estate 
and  Loans, 

No.  38  First  National  Bank  Building, Belleville,  Illinois. 


Gust.  W.  Grossart, 


CHOICE  ROSES,  CUT  FLOWERS,  WEDDING  DEC- 
ORATIONS, FLORAL  DECORATIONS. 

Bell  Phone  I  16  A.  Kinloch  146.      Eail  Main  Street.  Belleville,  Illinoii. 


Jos.  Schwarz  &  Son, 

General  Machinists. 

Rebuild  Engines,  Steam  Pumps,   Mining  Machines,  &c.     Also, 

Iron  Work  for  Contractors  and  Builders. 
512-314  East  Main  Street.  .  .  .  Belleville,  Illinois. 


REEB  BROTHERS, 

Coal,  Lime,  Sand,  Cement,  and  General 
Contractors, 

OFFICE,  341  CENTREVILLE  AVENUE, 

BELLEVILLE,  .  .  ILLINOIS. 


W.  L  BATDORF  &  COMPANY, 

DEALERS  IN  HAY,  GRAIN  AND  FEED. 

JOBBER  OF  SLEEPY  EYE  FLOUR.        Corner  Richland  and  A  Streets,  Belleville,  Illinois. 

ESTABLISHED  1889.  BOTH  PHONES  201.  INCORPORATED  1908. 

Joseph  Leopold  &  Brother, 


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Thomas  Fischer, 


110  North  Mill  Street,  .  .  Belleville,  Illinois. 

Phones  :  Kinloch  241 .      Bell,  546. 


George  W.  Fries, 

SUCCESSOR  TO  AUG.  KOOB. 

Soda  Water 
Factory, 

221  NORTH  JARROTT  STREET,  BELLEVILLE. 

Strict  Attention  Will  Be  Given  To  Family  Trade,  and  All 

Orders  Receive  Prompt  Attention. 
Kinloch  Phone  283.  Bell  Phone  551. 


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HARTNAGEL  &  GRUENEWALD, 

PROPRIETORS. 

Everything  in  Drugs. 

DOUGLAS  AVENUE  AND  EcHST  MAIN  STREET,   .    .    BELLEVILLE,  ILLINOIS. 


JOBBERS  IN 

CANDY,  ROLL  PAPER,  AND 
GROCERS'  SUNDRIES, 
Wholesale  Produce. 

General  Agent!  lor  Manewal  Crackers. 

South  High  and  First  Streets,  .  .  .  Belleville. 

BOTH  PHONKS. 


Louis  Wotz, 

Moving,  Expressing, 
And  Hauling  of  all  kinds. 

PICNIC  CAR  FOR  HIRE. 
No.  10  South  Mill  Street,  Belleville,  Illinois. 


PHONE,  BF.l.i.  528. 


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<?.  MENSINGER, 

A  Fine  Line  of  First-Class  Groceries,  Qhinaware,  Lamps. 

Garden  Seed  that  are  True  to  Name. 

Be  Sure  to  See  Our  F.ncy  Lamp,  and  Chin.  Ware  Before  Buyin«  Elsewhere. 
208-210  North  Illinois  Street,  Belleville,   Illinois Telephone  :  Bell  36. 


Otto  R.  Hauck, 

Contractor 
And  Builder, 


Smithton  Road,  .  .  Near  City  Lin 
Belleville  Rural  Route  No.  2. 


Us. 


<ALL  KINDS  OF  BUILDING  AND  REPAIRING. 


John  Winkler, 


MANUFACTURER  OF 


Factory,  Fulton  Street Near  Mascoutah  Avenue, 

BELLEVILLE,  ILLINOIS. 

Agent  for  Sheboygan  Mineral  Water. 


The  Twenhoefel  Company, 


INCORPORATED. 


ESTATE, 

Insurance  and  Financial  Agents, 

The  LARGEST  DEALERS  in  Real  Estate  in  the  City-and  Subdivision. 


Office.  20  South  Illinois  Street,  Belleville,  Illinc 
PHONES:  BELL  183  M.        K1NLOCH  15. 


Theodore  Neuf, 

MOVING,  LIGHT  EXPRESSING, 
HEAVY  HAULING, 

And  Goal. 


1 18  NORTH  LINCOLN  STREET,  BELLEVILLE,  ILLINOIS.     KINLOCH  PHONE  256. 


Greater  MebtUe," 


BY  PEN  AND  PENCIL  SKETCHES, 

Conveys  in  Concise.  Eloquent  and  Picturesque  Language  and  Illustration  all  the  Salient  and  Important 
Phases  of  Life  in  this  Growing  City  of  30,000  People. 

150  Illustrations.  Price,  50  Cents  Per  Copy.  Send  a  Copy  to  Every  Friend. 


Belleville  Automobile  Company's, 

228  West  Main  Street. 

GEORGE  G.  BEHRENS,  Manager. 


p,to,,e:  Kinioch 


R.  E.  McCullough,         John  G.  Metze, 

Groceries 
and  Notions, 


..And  Tea  Blender.. 


Extracts. 

___ J.         230  NORTH  SILVER  STREET, 

Y 

11  South  Jackson  Street,  .   Belleville,  Illinois.     1  BELLEVILLE,  ILLINOIS. 

A  GUBSER, 

Independent  Oil  Dealer. 

TANKS  AT  SWANSEA,  ILLINOIS. 

HOME  ADDRESS,  NO.  606  NORTH  ILLINOIS  STREET,  BELLEVILLE,  ILLINOIS. 
PHONE :  K1NLOCH  730. 


Hanbmarfe." 


^      J  DENNIS  M.  RENNER, 


PROPRIETOR. 


Manufacturer  of  and  Dealer  in 

HAVANA  AND  DOMESTIC 

Cigars : 

Factory  No.  22,  Corner  First  and  High  Streets, 
BELLEVILLE,  ILLINOIS. 


..Karr  Supply  Company.. 

BELTING,  HOSE  AND  PIPE,         129  West  Main  Street,  Belleville,  Illinois. 


jfme  t©tneg,  ILtquors 
anb  Cigars. 

POOL  ROOM  IN  CONNECTION. 

231  Jarrott  Street Belleville,  Illinois. 

BELL  PHONE  260. 


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INSURANCE 


OFFICE,  500  EAST  MAIN  STREET, 
Kinloch  Telephone,  No.  25. 


....    BELLEVILLE,  ILLINOIS. 
Bell  Telephone,  No.  828. 


KLOESS  BRICK 
COMPANY, 

MANUFACTURERS  OF 
PLAIN,  STOCK  AND  ORNAMENTAL 

--BRICK- 

Yard  No.  I.   ,„.!  Office.  Wot  D  Street.    Bell   Phone.  114,  Kinloch,  127. 

Yard  No.  2.  Opposite  Air  Line  Junction,  Kinloch  Phone.  234. 

BELLEVILLE,  ILLINOIS. 


PETERS  &  SONS, 

STOVES 
AND  HARDWARE, 

Standard  Warm  Air  Furnaces. 

Telephone,  Kinloch  465. 


320  MAIN  STREET, 


Manufacturers  of 

Sash,  Doors,  Blinds  and  Stair  Work. 

Both  Phones  190.  Nos.  700-708  West  Main  Street,  Belleville,  111. 


FREDERICK  WOELK, 
Electrical  Supplies 
and  Construction. 

KINLOCH  PHONE  745. 
17  SOUTH  HIGH  STREET,  BELLEVILLE.  ILLINOIS. 


A.  H.  KNEBELKAMP, 

CONTRACTOR  AND  BUILDER 

KINLOCH.  TELEPHONE  355. 
No.  915  Union  Avenue,  Belleville,  Illinois. 


HENR 


Roofing,  Gultering,  Spouting,  Heating,  Etc. 

Moulded  Culler  Formed  Promptly. 

Kinloch  Phone  486. 
No.  222  North  Illinois  Street,  Belleville,  Illinoi 


ESTABLISHED  1835.  BELL  PHONE  1 24. 

CHAS.  MERCK, 

BAKERY  AND  CONFECTIONERY, 

24  West  Main  Street,  Belleville,  Illinois 


•W.  a. 


16  East  C  Street,  Belleville.  Illinois. 


Telephone,  Kinloch  446. 


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-PHILLIPS  &  DAY- 

DEALERS  IN  CHOICE  STAPLE  AND  FANCY  GROCERIES,  FRUITS, 
VEGETABLES,  and  MINERS'  SUPPLIES, 

FORTY-SECOND  STREET,  OAKLAND  STATION,  BELLEVILLE,  ILLINOIS. 


GEORGE  P.  UHL, 

(Jontrartor 

OF  BRICK  AND  STONE  WORK. 

BUILDER    OF   SIDEWALKS, 
GRATES,    CISTERNS,    &C. 

204  PORTLAND  AVENUE,  BELLEVILLE. 

ALL  WORK  GUARANTEED. 


AARON  BAER. 


AMSON  BAER. 


BAER  BROS., 

DEALERS  IN 

HORSES  AND  MULES. 

Residence  Telephones: 
No.  206  M.    No.  268  A.    No.  384  M. 

Office  Telephone,     No.  79. 

314  NORTH  HIGH  STREET, 
BELLEVILLE,    .  ,    ILLINOIS. 


V.  GAUSS, 


FRUITS  AND  VEGETABLES 

AT  MODERATE  PRICES. 


..GARDEN    SEEDS    THAT   GROW. 

No.  209  North  Illinois  Street,  Belleville,  Illinois. 


Dr.  0.  E.  Jacobs, 


Dentistry  Done  in  the  Latest  Style.  Prices  Very  Reasonable. 
Bridge  and  Crown  Work  a  Specialty.  Largest  Stock  in  the 
Dental  Profession  Always  Kept  on  Hand.  Lady  Attendants. 

All  Languages  Spoken. 
Office  Hours,  8  A.  M.  to  6  P.  M. 

1111  West  Main  Street, 
Belleville,  Illinois. 


Adolph    Stauder 

Garpenter 
...And  Builder... 

Also  Manufacturer  of  All  Kinds  of  LADDERS. 

REPAIRING  PROMPTLY 
ATTENDED  TO. 

Office  and  Shop,  115  North  Spring  A  ve. , 

PHONE  :  KINLOCH  252  J. 
BELLEVILLE ILLINOIS. 


Charles  Junck  £  Company, 


Hardware,  Stoves  and  Tinware. 


Telephone:  Kinloch  514. 


1007  WEST  MAIN  STREET,  BELLEVILLE,  ILLINOIS. 


(ftitafrr 


CONTRACTORS 
AND  BUILDERS. 

•MILL   WORK   OF    ALL    KINDS.- 

SCHEEL  AND  BENTON  STREETS, 

Near  L.  &  N.  Freight  Depot,   Belleville,  Illinois. 

PHONE :  KINLOCH  783, 


fljotorn 


THE 


INCORPORATED. 
MANUFACTURERS  OF 


THE  CURTIS 

POWER  EMBOSSING  PRESSES 
AND  APPLIANCES. 

THE  PRESS  WITHOUT  A  PEER. 


GENERAL  MACHINE  WORK. 

L.  &  N.  R.  R.,  Between  Main  Street  and  Grand   Avenue, 

Bell  Phone  859.  BELLEVILLE,  ILLINOIS. 


Weaver  &  Co. 


109-115  NORTH  ILLINOIS  STREET, 
BELLEVILLE,  ILLINOIS. 


.UNDERTAKERS. 

Livery  and  Boarding. 


Phones:  Kinloch  < 


SIMEON  BUNN  &  SONS, 

CONTRACTORS  AND  BUILDERS, 

Inventors  of  the  Latest  Improved  Gas  and  Coal  Heating  Furnaces,   and   Latest  Improved   Continuous   Muffled 

Gas  Annealing  Furnaces,  adopted  for  Annealing  Malleable  Iron,  Nails,  Tin  Plate,  &c. 

GAS  PRODUCERS  AND  FURNACES  OF  ALL  DESCRIPTIONS  A  SPECIALTY. 

Address  SIMEON  BUNN,  Sr.,  303  West  Ninth,  Cor.  Race  Street,  Belleville. 

PHONE  :  KINLOCH  539. 


Suits,  .  .  Skirts,  .  .  Boats,  .  .  Waists,  .  .  Lingerie,  . 

M&«*f9Ra;«St,.<,t  .         .  .a/fa 


JERGER  BROTHERS, 

Dealers  in  Choice  Meats  and  Sausages  of  all  kinds. 

Fancy  and  Staple  Groceries. 

FRUITS  AND  VEGETABLES. 

No.  I423  West  Main  Street Belleville,  Illinois. 

Bell  Phone  437  A.  Kinloch  1 99. 


Q.  eOUKOULIS, 

Belleville  Candy  Kitchen  Company 

FRESH  HOME  MADE  CANDIES  AND 
CHOCOLATE  BON  BONS. 

No.  1 1 7  East  Main  Street Belleville,  Illinois. 

Phone:    Kinloch  7 1 3. 


Faulstich  Chimney  Tops: 

WENDELIN  FAULSTIGH,  Patentee, 

BRICK  AND  STONE  MASON  oHND  CONTRACTOR, 

NO.  1031  CHARLES  STREET,     .  .     BELLEVILLE,  ILLINOIS. 


One  of  My  Letters  of  Endorsement : 

RE1STER  &  RUBACH. 

slrcljitects  ant)  ^upeniitenbcnts, 

Offices  East  Si.  LouisVand  Belleville. 

BELLEVILLE,  ILLINOIS. 

Mr.  W.  FAULSTICH,  Patentee.  City-Dear  Sir: -We  have  been  using  the  FAULSTICH  IRON 
CHIMNEY  TOP  exclusively  on  our  buildings  (or  a  number  of  years,  and  can  readily  recommend  them 
the  most 


SEND  FOR  CIRCULAR  AND  PRICE  LIST. 


3totttute, 


MODERN  METHODS 

OF  TREATMENT. 

All  Forms  of  Disease  Cured  by  Nature's 
Methods.     Consultation  Free. 


Bell  Phone,  344  A. 


;  9  A.  M.  to  8  P.  M. 


Corner  Main  and  Spring  Streets. 


Chas.  P.  Born, 

1 1  PINE  STREET, 

One  Block  North  of  L.  &  N.  Freight  Depot. 

Rubber  Tires 

For  Buggies  and  Carriages. 

New  Rubber  Tires  Set  and  Old  Repaired. 

All  Work  Guaranteed  First-Class.     Only  the  Best 
Material  Used.          Kinloch  Phone  323. 


Fine  Photography, 

Babies'  Photos  a  Specialty. 
Special  Attention  Given  to  Wedding  Groups. 


Studio,  21  1-2  East  Main  Street,  Belleville. 


JOS.  ROESCH.  President.  ADOLPH  BOUL,  Manager.  ADOLPH  ROESCH.  Secretary  and  Treasurer 

Roesch  &  Boul  Plating  Works, 

Nickel,  Brass  and  Copper  Plating,  Oxidizing  and  Lacquering. 
Chandeliers  and  Stove  Plating  a  Specialty. 

KINLOCH  PHONE  360.  Office  and  Worts,  I.  C.  Track,  and  Lincoln  Street.  BELLEVILLE.  ILLINOIS. 


Koerner's 


300  West  Main  Street. 

HOTE,L  AND   BAR. 


BELL  TELEPHONE  885. 

Western 

Automobile  and 

Electric  Co., 

Automobiles  and  Accessories. 

1O2-1O4  North   Illinois  Street, 

Belleville,  Illinois. 


Vogel=Schrader  Grocery  Company, 
Headquarters  for  Fancy  Goods, 

118  East  Main  Street,  Rentchier  Building,  Belleville,  Illinois.    Both  Phones  22. 

C.  A.   VOQEL,  President.  G.  F.  A.  SCHRADER.  Secretary  and  Treasurer. 

...31.  3t>  Schwartz... 

. .  Confectionery. . 

Candies,   bruits,  See  Cream,  &e.  5jt'xt  3leeommodationt  in  Down. 

Bell  Phone  990.     Kinloch  596.  122  EAST  MAIN  STREET,  BELLEVILLE. 

The  St.  Clair  Title  Office, 

IN  COURT  HOUSE,  BELLEVILLE,  ILLINOIS. 

HENRY  G.  C.  SCHRADERo,  Manager. 

Investigators  of  Titles.     Furnish  Abstracts  and  Certificates  of  Title,  Plats,  Wills,  Deeds,  Mort- 
gages, and  Any  Information  Regarding  Land  in  St.  Clair  County,  Illinois. 

TELEPHONES:     BELL  171.         KINLOCH   424. 


3)ouglas  Pharmacy, 

ROY  BRIDGES,  Proprietor.     Successor  to  HARTNAGEL  &  GRUNEWALD. 

PRESCRIPTIONS  A  SPECIALTY. 
EAST  MAIN  STREET  AND  DOUGLAS  AVENUE,  BELLEVILLE,   ILLINOIS. 


GEO.  GAUSS  ®,  SONS, 

Dealers  in  Yarns,  Dry  Goods,  Hosiery, 
Underwear, 

NO.  209  NORTH  ILLINOIS  STREET, 
BELLEVILLE,  ....  ILLINOIS. 


Fred.  Daab 

Companjr 

700  South  Illinois  Street, 

Dealers  in 

Portland  and  Louisville  Cement,  Wall  Plaster, 

Plaster  Paris,  Sewer  Pipe, 

Anthracite  Coal,  &c. 

Sole  c/lgents  for  Glencoe  Black  Lime. 


Wm. 
Voellinger1 

STAPLE  AND  FANCY 

GROCERIES, 
425  North  Illinois  Street. 


KINLOCH   PHONE   583. 


JOHN  'BUX, 

Manufacturer  of  and  Dealer  in  Havana  and  Domestic 

CIGARS, 

Factory  JVo.  22,  229  South  Illinois  Street,  "Belleville,  Illinois. 

Herzler  &  Henninger  Machine  Works 

Manufacturers  of  Coal  Mining  Machinery,  Founders,  and  Machinists, 
226  CENTERVILLE  AVENUE,  BELLEVILLE,  ILLINOIS. 


Office  Phone,  Bell  400.         Residence.  Bell  638. 

51.  8.  Suvall, 

Real  Estate,  Loan  and  Insurance  Agent, 

Penn  Building,  .    .  .  Belleville,  Illinois. 


-Grafs  Laundry 

HUGO  GRAF,  Proprietor, 

823-825  West  Main  Street,  Belleville,  Illinois. 


J.  B.  R.eis  Lumber  Co., 

Manufacturers  of  Sash,  Doors,  Blinds,  and  Stair  Work, 
700-708  West  Main  Street Belleville,  Illinois. 

BOTH|;PHONES    190. 


WATC 

Gold 

plete  17 


WS: 


(^s/  £f  SMV«'NOTetlieV!"iRrpaiIi'n8*a's'plciaity" 

FINE  WATCH  REPAIRING.     ALL  WORK  GUARANTEED. 

JOHN  KLOCK,  Jr., Watchmaker  and  Jeweler, 

Southeast  Corner  Main  and  Race  Streets,  BELLEVILLE,  ILLINOIS. 


Louis  Reuther, 
COAL 

==AND  ICE- 

Office,  Lebanon  Avenue,  .  Belleville,  Illinois. 
Telephones, Kinloch  No.  422.  Bell  1030. 


AUTO  ACCESSORIES.     REPAIRING  A  SPECIALTY. 


THE 


Belleville 
Garage, 

GEO.W.  SAHLENDER.  Proprietor. 

228  West  Main  St.,  Belleville,  111. 

KINLOCH  PHONE  384. 


PHONE.  BELL  513  M. 


Up-To-Date  Music 


Mayr's  Concert  Band 


:— 
Frick  and  Jac.  Hearst.     Clarinets.  John  Battler,  Jr.. 

FiSJe^Vro^rTune?.  CarM-indow',  John  Fi°cher,  A 


Belleville,   Illinois 

ll,  Frank  Fischer,  Frank  Andrews,  Theo.  Fischer,  Fred 


522  East   B  Street 

INSTRUMENTATION  OF  THE  BAND  :—  Co  ,  .  , 

r..   Walter    Hearst  and   Adolph   Lindow.     Piccolo   and  Flute. 

,  ,  Arthur  Slider  and'Kennu  Fra'nkenberg.  '"Ba'rttoSa,  j"c.  KH- 

lian  and  Geonje  Stokes.     Bass,    Rob.  Coxan  and  Joe.  Schmidt.     Bass   Drum,   Aoton  Peters.     Drums  and  Traps. 
Herbert  Stokes.         EDWIN  MAYR.  Bandmaster. 

One  of  the  finest  bands  in  Southern  Illinois,  with  an  enormous  repertoire,  and  talented  musicians  well  drilled 
under  the  able  direction  of  Prof.  Edwin  Mayr.  It  has  the  most  thoroughly  equipped  band  room  in  the  country. 
where  weekly  rehearsals  are  held  with  twenty-five  of  the  best  musicians. 

The  Band  Is  open  for  any  engagement.    Parties  wishing  Musk  will  do  well  to  call  on,  or 

Ph0"e'  EDWIN  MAYR,  Bandmaster,  522  East  B  St. 


Bell  Phone  840. 


Kinloch  Phone  655. 


3/ie  Wick 
jewelry  Company, 

124  EAST  MAIN  STREET. 

Watches,  Gold  and  Silver  Jewelry,  Silverware,  Etc. 
Watch  Repairing  and  Engraving 


KANZLER'S 

CHOICE  GROCERIES. 

CHAS.  F.  KANZLER,  PROPRIETOR. 

PHONES  86. 


Rhein  Feed  Company. 


Hay,  Grain,  aud  Feed. 


Distributors  of  PHlsbury's  "  Best "  Flour. 


212-214  EAST  B  STREET,  BELLEVILLE,   ILLINOIS. 

KINLOCH  727.  BELL.  397 


NATIONAL  DENTAL  PARLORS, 

THE  LEADING,  MOST  UP-TO-DATE,  AND 
LARGEST  DENTAL  ESTABLISHMENT  IN  THIS  CITY. 


21  East  Main  Street,  Belleville,  Illinois. 


Bell  Telephone  131. 


J.  M.  HKK  HI.  Kit.             J.  P.  BUCHHOLZ. 
A.  P.  BKICHLER.            W.  G.  BUCHHOLZ. 

MICHAEL  FREES, 

SUCCESSOR  TO  PETER  KNAPP, 
Manufacturer  of  and  Dealer  in  Harnes.es,  Blanket., 
Robes,  Collars,  Saddles,  Whips,  Trunks,  Valises,  &c. 

302  East  Main  Street,  Belleville,  Illinois. 

H.  P.  LIESE. 

BRICHLER-BUCHHOLZ 

POMP  A  NY 

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UNDERTAKERS  AND 
....FUNERAL  DIRECTORS.... 

LIVERY  AND  BOARDING. 

109-117  North  Illinois  Street,  Belleville. 

BOTH  PHONES. 

Belleville  Steam  Laundry, 

...INCORPORATED.  . 
CHAS.  LINK,  Jr.,  Secretary  and  Treasurer. 

Northwest  Corner  Public  Square. 

Henry  Reis  &  Sons  Lumber  Company 


SUCCESSORS  TO  M.  &  H.  REIS. 


Everything  in  LUMBER  and  MILLWORK. 


BEST  QUALITY—- LOW  PRICES. 


BELLEVILLE,  ILLINOIS. 


GEORGE 
R^IUSCHKOLB, 

Grocer, 

Dealer  in  Staple  and  Fancy  Groceries. 

A  and  Walnut  Streets,  Belleville. 
Phones  :  Bell  4O2  M.  Kinloch  335. 


WILL  TAYLOR, 

Candy  and  Fruit  Store, 

Belleville  Pure  Milk  Ice  Cream. 

Corner  of  Main  and  Church  Streets, 
BELLEVILLE,  ILLINOIS. 


larket. 
.  SEALSHIPT 


....CHRISTINE  HERRMANN.... 

...Latest  Styles  in  Millinery... 

Up-To-Date  Headgear.     Bridal  Veils  and  Ornaments  a  Specialty.     Mourning  Orders  Given  Prompt  Attention. 

114  South  Illinois  Street,  Belleville,  Illinois. 

C.  P.  BORN,    I  John  L.  Woelfle's 


Bicycle  Repairing. 

Rubber  Tires.  Solid  Cushion  Bicycle  Tires.      Rubber  Tire 

Repairing.      \>  li.-.-U  (   limiu.-il  from  St,-fl    lircs   to  Rubber 

Tires.     All  Work  Guaranteed.     Auto  Tires  Repaired. 

Kinloch,  213  L.      6  North  Church  Street. 


MODEL  MARKET, 

523  South  Illinois  Street,  Belleville,  Illinois. 

Fresh  and  Smoked  Meats.     Home- Made  Sausage  a  Specialty. 

PHONES:  Kinloch   122.         Bell  122. 


REEB  BROS, 

GENERAL 
CONTRACTORS, 


BELLEVILLE,  ILLINOIS, 

Have   Handled  Some   Heavy  Contracts  Recently. 
Among  Them  : 

Belleville,  Illinois,     .     $1,OOO,OOO.OO 

Du  Quoin,        "  .     .            3O,OOO.OO 

Lebanon,          "  .                17,OOO.OO 

Harrisburg,       "  .     .               27,OOO.OO 

Metropolis,      "  .               6O,OOO.OO 

East  St.  Louis,"  .     .            25,OOO.OO 

Greenville,      "  .               5O,OOO.OO 

Albion,              "  .     .            85.OOO.OO 


Dealers  in  Hard  and  Soft  Coal  Cof^e, 
Wood,  and  Cement, 

Office,    -     -     -    341  CenterVille  AVenue, 
'Belleville,  Illinois. 


THE  LEADING  GERMAN  PAPERS  IN  SOUTHERN  ILLINOIS. 

..Tageblatt  and  Arbeiter-Zeitung.. 

DAILY, 

flnb  g>t  Clair  DolteblatWiaeefcls. 

PUBLISHED  BY    THE    ST.    CLAIRj   PRINTING   AND   NEWS   COMPANY. 

The  Best  Advertising  Mediums  In  the  City.      Job  Printing  Promptly  and  Neatly  Done. 

302  NORj/TH  ILLINOIS  STREET,  BELLEVILLE,  ILLINOIS. 


...Mold's  Pharmacy... 

423  North  Illinois  Street.  * 

Drugs,  Patent  Medicines,  Paints,  Glass  and  Sundries.          GEO.  W.  NOLD,  Prescription  Druggist. 
Phone  :     Kinloch  500  L.  Bell  790. 


...Jos.  Martin,  JWoVer... 

jlnd  HeaVy  Hauler. 

Also  Contracts  Taken  for  All  Kinds  oj  GRAVING. 

Phones  :  Bell  106,  Kinloch  203.  Office,  100  Jouth  Illinois  Street. 


MO  NIC  ^5  Manr  of  the  Fines»  Photographs  from  which  the 

1T1  \J  1 1 1Y  MO  Engravings  in  "  The  Greater  Belleville  " 

¥  1  m      f*  |Jw  are  Reproduced  were  Productions  of 

Implement  Company,  & 

213  East  Main  Street,  £fc  ^HttlU^l  QL 

Belleville,  Illinois,  ^ 
FARM  MACHINERY,  VEHICLES, 

Gasoline  Engines,  Gasoline  Gas  Lights, 

Cream  Separators,  Sewing  Machines,  *g  |  ]    |_2  SOUTH  HIGH  STREET, 

Vulcanite  Roofing,  &c.  Wt 

d!^t  BELLEVILLE,  ILLINOIS. 


Totsch  &  "Bub, 

'Barber  Shop  and  'Bath  *Rj3oms 

N.  E.  Corner  Public  Square, 

'Belleville, ,  .  Illinois. 


Distinctive 
JeWelry: 

In  other  words.  Jewelry  of  character  and  quality,  at  prices  usually  asked  for  the  common- 
place kind.  LA  VALLIERES  are  much  in  vogue,  and  we  are  showing  many  patterns  let 
with  precious  stones.  We  ha»e  BRACELETS.  NECKLACES,  LOCKETS.  FOBS. 
CUFF  BUTTONS,  SCARF  PINS.  HAT  PINS,  Etc.  Everything  up  to  date. 

F.  G.  WEHRLE,  16  East  Main  Street. 

The  Best  Goods  for  the  Price,  no  Matter  What  the  Price. 


L.  F.  Dintelman, 


Smithton  Turnpike,  "Belleville. 

Kinloch  Phone  614. 


Albert  G.Diller, 

fainter  and  "Paper  Hanger, 

"Brackett  Street,    •  -  .  -   Swansea,  Illinois. 


ROBERT  HILL  &  SON, 


2101   WEST  MjilF  STREET. 

Ale  and  "Porter,  Fine  Whiskies,  Wines,  "Brandies,  Liquors,  and  Cigars. 

...THE  BELLEVILLE  BALER  CO.. 


:  with  less  labor  than  any  other  press  on  the   market. 
If  you  bale  for  profit  this  is  the  baler  you  want. 


Patented  June  Mth.  1904;    March  21,1.  1905  :    June  5lh.  1906;  February  I2lh.   1907  ;  March  8th.  1907  :    April  7th, 

The  BELLEVILLE  SELF-FEED  HAY  PRESS  will  bale 
ing  effected  by  our  patented  fork  device  will  soon  pay  for  the  pre 

BELLEVILLE  BALER  COMPANY,  BELLEVILLE,  ILLINOIS. 

HARRISON  MACHINE  WORKS,  BELLEVILLE,  ILLINOIS, 
Sole  Licensees. 


GEORGE  BARNES, 

Contractor  and  "Builder, 

Grand  Vue  Avenue,      ....«.«-.«••      "Belleville,  Illinois. 

TELEPHONE,    SELL,    EAST  1247. 


Perfect  Stove  and 
Manf  g  Company, 


MANUFACTURERS  OF 


STOVES  AND  RANGES 

HEATING  AND  LAUNDRY  STOVES, 

Office  and  Works,  I.  C.  Tracks  and  South  Lincoln 

Street,  Belleville,  niinois. 
Kinloch  Phone  360.     Send  for  Catalogue  and  Price  List. 


M.  C.  RODENBERGER 
....&  SON.... 

...Manufacturers  and  Dealers.. 

GRANITE  AND  MARBLE 

....MONUMENTS.... 

Mausoleums  and  Heavy  Monumental  Work  a  Specialty. 

Works  and  Office  Opposite  Mt.  Carmel 

Cemetery,  Belleville,  Illinois. 

P.O.  Address  Edgemont  Station.  East  St.  Louis. 

Telephone,  Bell,  East  1773. 


MR.  N.  SHERWOOD  D'WOLF, 

5858  PLYMOUTH  AVENUE, 
ST.  LOUIS,  MO., 


-F.  S.  BURNS- 

DEALER  IN  GROCERIES 
AND  NOTIONS, 

201   SOUTH  CHESTNUT  STREET, 
BELLEVILLE,  ILLINOIS. 


Phone.  :  Kinloch  297.     Bell  619  M. 


KIM'S 


Hotel,  Restaurant  and  Buffet... 

A  FIRST-CLASS  PLACE. 
NO.  27  WEST  MAIN  STREET,  BELLEVILLE... 

Everything  In  Season  on  Hand.     Fine  Fish.  Lobsters.  Poultry.  Oysters  on   the    Half   Shell,   and  Delicacies  of  All  Kinds. 
Fine  Ladies'  Restaurant  Up-Stairs.  Your  Trade  Kindly  Solicited.  PHONES  :  Bell  214.     Kinloch  183. 

JOHN  W.  DENNIS, 

CONTRACTOR  AND  BUILDER, 

We  Do  All  Kinds  of  Building  and  Repairing.         Estimates  Cheerfully  Given.          Jobbing  Promptly  Attended  To. 

Office  and  Residence  Signal  Hill  Station,    Belleville  Electric  Line  ' 
Post  Office  Address  R.  R.  No.  1,  Edgemont  Station,  East  St.  Louis,  Illinois. 

TELEPHONE,   BELL,   EAST  2219. 


Judging 

The  Performance 
of  a  Car. 

The  test  of  performance  is  not  a  day,  month  or 
year,  but  a  number  of  years  of  constant  service,  reli- 
ability, and  freedom  from  repairs. 

Simplicity  of  construction  is  the  best  guarantee 
against  repairs,  skillful  workmanship  and  excellent 
material  used,  have  unquestionably  proven  that  the 


IS  BUILT  TO  LAST. 


FRANK  B.  SMILEY,  Representative,  Belleville,  HI., 

B  and  Jackson  Streets. 


Phones:    Bell  25.    Kinloch  777. 


FINK  &  HOPPE 

INSURANCE, 
Financial  and  Bond  Brokers, 

PUBLIC  SQUARE,    .    .   .   BELLEVILLE. 


This  Wagon  Contains  1 2,068  Pounds  of  Our  No.  One  Lump  Coal. 


Illini  Ice  (&>  Fuel  Company 

Successors  to  Fischer  Coal  £8,  Ice  Company,  and  City  Ice  C&  Fuel  Company, 

O.  A.  KRoUSE,  President  and  General  Manager. 

Office  and  Yards  West  A  Street,  Between  Richland  and  Race  Streets,  Belleville,  Illinois. 
PHONES:  Bell   127,    Kinloch  440. 


KIRCHER 
&  SON, 


HARDWARE 


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21  WEST  MAIN  STREET, 


BELLEVILLE,  ILLINOIS. 


THEO.  E.  KIRCHER,  President. 


H.  B.  KIRCHER.  Secretary  and  Treasurer. 


ADAM  KARR. 
Praident  of  Th.  Kan  Supply  Company 

Who  Ceneroush  Financed 
"  The  Greater  Belleville  " 
and  "  Belleville  Illustrated.  " 


She  ^Progressive  Sflen 

Of  the  City  of  Belleville,  with  the  publisher,  are  entitled  to  what  of  credit 
may  be  due  for  the  issue  of  this  elegant  production. 

It  gives  a  true  picture  of  many  interesting  and  picturesque  phases  of  life  in 
a  busy,  growing,  ambitious  community. 

It  justifies  a  laudable  pride  in  present  accomplishments,  and  is  an  inspiring 
incentive  for  further  efforts. 

It  indicates  a  milestone  on  the  road  of  progression,  and  shows  what  intelli- 
gent, persistent  strivings  for  betterment  will  do. 

Every  lover  of  "  GREATER  BELLEVILLE,"  after  taking  his  bearings  right  now, 
will  be  more  than  ever  a  believer  in  its  destiny  to  be  one  of  the  favored  cities  of 
this  great  Mississippi  Valley — an  up-to-date  modern  city  of  the  new  times. 


THE  ST.  CLAIR    COUNTY  COURT  HOUSE  AND  THE  CITY  HALL,  BELLEVILLE,  FEBRUARY,  1911. 


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R.J.DAWSON 

Invalid  Supply  Co., 

520  Pine  Street,  St.  Louii,  Mo. 


ADAM  KARR. 
of  The  Ka.r  Supply  Company. 


ffhe  ^Progressive  Sften 

Of  the  City  of  Belleville,  with  the  publisher,  are  entitled  to  what  of  credit 
may  be  due  for  the  issue  of  this  elegant  production. 

It  gives  a  true  picture  of  many  interesting  and  picturesque  phases  of  life  in 
a  busy,  growing,  ambitious  community. 

It  justifies  a  laudable  pride  in  present  accomplishments,  and  is  an  inspiring 
incentive  for  further  efforts. 

It  indicates  a  milestone  on  the  road  of  progression,  and  shows  what  intelli- 
gent, persistent  strivings  for  betterment  will  do. 

Every  lover  of  "  GREATER  BELLEVILLE,"  after  taking  his  bearings  right  now, 
will  be  more  than  ever  a  believer  in  its  destiny  to  be  one  of  the  favored  cities  of 
this  great  Mississippi  Valley — an  up-to-date  modern  city  of  the  new  times. 


THE  ST.  CLAIR    COUNTY  COURT  HOUSE  AND  THE  CITY  HALL.  BELLEVILLE,  FEBRUARY,  1911. 


201  East  Main  Street,  Belleville,  Illinois. 


Watches, 

JEWELRY,  SILVER  WARE, 


Repairing  of  Fine  Watches  a  Specialty. 

3Bttarrtratrt-- 


The  Careful  Consideration  That 
Their  Importance  Demands  ? 


My  Scientific  Method*  of  Ex»min«tion  Will  Renal  the  Slight  ..t  Defect  in  Your  Eye*, 
Man,  Ye«n  «f  Pr«tic.l  Experience  Enable.  Me  To  Fit  You  Witb  Proper  Gluee*. 


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GRADUATE  OPTICIAN. 


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CASIMIR   ANDEL President. 

PHIL,  GASS. Cashier. 

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ORGANIZED  1874. 
CAPITAL,  SURPLUS,  AND  UNDIVIDED  PROFITS, 

Over 
$410,000.00. 

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(  ASIMIR  ANDBL.      CYRUS  THOMPSON.     WILLIAM  FEICKERT, 
VICTOB  OAUSS,        WILLIAM  HLOKS,  FRED.  PRIESTER, 

HENRY  HEIS.  AUG.  THEBIIS,  ,  I.  J.  WEINOARTNER. 


